Unclassified road crash in Westminster NW1 on 3 September 2018 at 18:36 involving a Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle
A Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Westminster at 18:36 on Monday 3 September 2018. The 26-year-old male rider 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
- 3 Sep 2018
- Monday, 18:36
- Vehicles
- 1
- Yamaha YZF R125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52368, longitude -0.15621, in the NW1 postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Regent's Park, Westminster, NW1 5LF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010130427
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- 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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 September 1996.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Westminster, 15 September 1996
10 m awayRef 199601DM00646
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Westminster, 22 November 1989
22 m awayRef 198901DD00609
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Westminster, 1 November 2024
33 m awayRef 2024010541005
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Westminster, 26 February 2020
37 m awayRef 2020010238716
Slight
Honda crash on an unclassified road in Westminster, 2 May 2000
40 m awayRef 200001RX00031
Serious
Toyota Carina crash on an unclassified road in Westminster, 23 August 1996
41 m awayRef 199601DM00537
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha YZF R125
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 26, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha YZF R125)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least 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 2018010130427 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.