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Serious C road crash in Westminster SW1Y on 9 April 2018 at 15:53 involving a Wrightbus NB4L

A Wrightbus NB4L crashed on a C road in Westminster at 15:53 on Monday 9 April 2018. A 74-year-old male passenger was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Apr 2018
Monday, 15:53
Vehicles
1
Wrightbus NB4L
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50784, longitude -0.13826, in the SW1Y postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the West End, Westminster, W1J 6EG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Westminster

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018010100761
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
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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 20 August 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Wrightbus NB4L

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    4,461 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 74, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Wrightbus NB4L)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger
    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 2018010100761 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.