Serious C road crash in Westminster W2 on 25 January 2018 at 10:35 involving a Mercedes Vito
A Mercedes Vito and a bicycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Westminster at 10:35 on Thursday 25 January 2018. The 53-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 25 Jan 2018
- Thursday, 10:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes Vito and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51807, longitude -0.1831, in the W2 postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Westbourne, Westminster, W2 6NF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010085755
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 March 1999.
Slight
Nissan Bluebird crash on a C road in Westminster, 7 March 1999
At the same spotRef 199901DP00085
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on a C road in Westminster, 13 April 2003
At the same spotRef 200301TA00016
Slight
Volvo crash on a C road in Westminster, 3 June 2018
At the same spotRef 2018010111930
Slight
Kia Sorento crash on a C road in Westminster, 11 May 2004
At the same spotRef 200401DM00580
Slight
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Westminster, 5 September 2008
10 m awayRef 200801CW11516
Slight
Nissan Bluebird crash on a C road in Westminster, 11 June 1996
10 m awayRef 199601DP00214
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Vito
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousFemale, aged 53, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most 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 2018010085755 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 2018.