Serious A3214 crash in Westminster on 3 May 2018 at 07:47 involving a Volkswagen Passat
A Volkswagen Passat hit a pedestrian on the A3214 in Westminster at 07:47 on Thursday 3 May 2018. A 31-year-old male pedestrian 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
- 3 May 2018
- Thursday, 07:47
- Vehicles
- 1
- Volkswagen Passat
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4902, longitude -0.15439, in the SW1W postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Royal Hospital, Kensington and Chelsea, SW3 4SZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010105712
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3214
- 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
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
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 2 October 2014.
Slight
Van crash on the A3214 in Westminster, 2 October 2014
At the same spotRef 201401CW11498
Slight
Honda C90 crash on the A3214 in Westminster, 31 October 1998
At the same spotRef 199801AB00432
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A3214 in Westminster, 26 August 2016
At the same spotRef 201601CW11184
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A3214 in Westminster, 26 August 2015
At the same spotRef 201501CW11271
Slight
Car crash on the A3214 in Westminster, 17 December 1993
At the same spotRef 199301AB00489
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A3214 in Westminster, 9 December 2000
At the same spotRef 200001DM02565
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 31, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Passat)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 2018010105712 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.