A4 crash in Westminster on 20 April 2018 at 14:00 involving a Honda Pes 125 motorcycle
A Honda Pes 125 motorcycle and a London Taxis Int. Txii were involved in a crash on the A4 in Westminster at 14:00 on Friday 20 April 2018. The 30-year-old male rider of the Honda Pes 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Apr 2018
- Friday, 14:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Pes 125 and London Taxis Int. Txii
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50715, longitude -0.14016, in the SW1A 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010103143
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 31 May 2008.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4 in Westminster, 31 May 2008
At the same spotRef 200801CW10762
Slight
London Taxis Int. TX4 crash on the A4 in Westminster, 19 July 2012
At the same spotRef 201201CW10970
Slight
Honda crash on the A4 in Westminster, 10 November 1998
At the same spotRef 199801CD00464
Slight
Carbodies Taxi crash on the A4 in Westminster, 28 January 1998
At the same spotRef 199801CD00028
Serious
KTM 125 Duke crash on the B309 in Westminster, 29 May 2025
2 m awayRef 2025010577636
Serious
Mercedes V Class crash on the A4 in Westminster, 18 October 2025
4 m awayRef 2025010604459
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Pes 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: London Taxis Int. Txii
Taxi or private hire car
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 30, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda Pes 125)
- 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 2018010103143 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.