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B401 crash in Westminster on 29 March 2018 at 23:27 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and a Volvo S40 were involved in a crash on the B401 in Westminster at 23:27 on Thursday 29 March 2018. The 53-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Mar 2018
Thursday, 23:27
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and Volvo S40
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51306, longitude -0.1219, in the WC2E postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the St James's, Westminster, WC2H 7JD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Westminster

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018010099170
Council area
Westminster
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
401
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
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
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 September 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo S40

    Car

    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    2,435 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2018010099170 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.