A5205 crash in Westminster on 15 December 2017 at 20:20 involving a Honda Pes 125 motorcycle
A Honda Pes 125 motorcycle and a Toyota Prius taxi were involved in a crash on the A5205 in Westminster at 20:20 on Friday 15 December 2017. The 39-year-old male rider of the Honda Pes 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Dec 2017
- Friday, 20:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Pes 125 and Toyota Prius
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52878, longitude -0.17157, in the NW8 postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Regent's Park, Westminster, NW8 7AW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010078365
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5205
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 July 2023.
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the A5205 in Westminster, 2 July 2023
9 m awayRef 2023010452739
Slight
Carbodies Taxi crash on the A5205 in Westminster, 1 November 2000
10 m awayRef 200001DM02269
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A5205 in Westminster, 24 February 1992
14 m awayRef 199201DD00074
Slight
Mitsubishi Outlander crash on the A5205 in Westminster, 30 June 2025
19 m awayRef 2025010583807
Slight
Car crash on the A5205 in Westminster, 13 June 1984
20 m awayRef 198401DD00281
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A5205 in Westminster, 1 September 2001
20 m awayRef 200101DM01731
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Pes 125
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Prius
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,791 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 39, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda Pes 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2017010078365 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Westminster road accident statistics for 2017.