A202 crash in Westminster on 20 May 2018 at 05:15 involving a Tesla Model S
A car and a Tesla Model S were involved in a crash on the A202 in Westminster at 05:15 on Sunday 20 May 2018. The 22-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 May 2018
- Sunday, 05:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Tesla Model S
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48761, longitude -0.12727, in the SW1V postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Vauxhall, Lambeth, SW8 2JE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010109123
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 202
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 June 2001.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A202 in Westminster, 24 June 2001
At the same spotRef 200101DM01223
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A202 in Westminster, 24 April 2016
At the same spotRef 201601CW10635
Serious
Toyota Avensis crash on the A202 in Westminster, 24 December 2004
At the same spotRef 200401CW19213
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A202 in Westminster, 22 October 2021
2 m awayRef 2021010339154
Slight
Peugeot 208 crash on the A202 in Westminster, 31 August 2021
9 m awayRef 2021010328423
Slight
Citroen C15 crash on the A202 in Westminster, 5 September 2003
10 m awayRef 200301DM01352
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Tesla Model S
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018010109123 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.