A4 crash in Westminster on 5 June 2018 at 12:02 involving a Toyota Prius
A bicycle and a Toyota Prius were involved in a crash on the A4 in Westminster at 12:02 on Tuesday 5 June 2018. The 53-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Jun 2018
- Tuesday, 12:02
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Toyota Prius
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50652, longitude -0.13428, 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 St James's, Westminster, SW1Y 5HU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010112287
- 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
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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 serious injury crash on 30 May 1986.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B309 in Westminster, 30 May 1986
At the same spotRef 198601AD00094
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A4 in Westminster, 3 February 2010
At the same spotRef 201001CW10230
Slight
Volvo crash on the A4 in Westminster, 6 March 2013
10 m awayRef 201301CW10212
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A4 in Westminster, 17 January 2001
14 m awayRef 200101DM00104
Slight
Vespa (Douglas) crash on the A4 in Westminster, 3 April 1995
14 m awayRef 199501CX00099
Serious
Ford Transit Connect crash on the A4 in Westminster, 29 September 2012
14 m awayRef 201201CW11383
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Prius
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 53, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- 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 2018010112287 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.