A4 crash in Westminster on 2 June 2018 at 07:15 involving a Mercedes Sprinter van
A Mercedes Sprinter van and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A4 in Westminster at 07:15 on Saturday 2 June 2018. The 43-year-old male cyclist 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
- 2 Jun 2018
- Saturday, 07:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes Sprinter and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50212, longitude -0.15204, in the SW1X postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Knightsbridge & Belgravia, Westminster, SW1X 7BY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010111728
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4
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 30 December 1988.
Slight
Taxi crash on the A4 in Westminster, 30 December 1988
At the same spotRef 198801AL00319
Slight
Leyland DAF FA 45 crash on the B310 in Westminster, 12 August 2006
At the same spotRef 200601CW11062
Slight
Car crash on the A4 in Westminster, 20 October 2013
At the same spotRef 201301CW11462
Slight
Honda CBR1000RR crash on the A4 in Westminster, 2 December 2015
At the same spotRef 201501CW11819
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A4 in Westminster, 5 November 2013
At the same spotRef 201301CW11555
Slight
Kawasaki crash on the B310 in Westminster, 29 July 1999
At the same spotRef 199901AB00284
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 43, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2018010111728 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.