Skip to main content
CrashStats

Serious A5 crash in Westminster on 20 December 2018 at 22:38 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A5 in Westminster at 22:38 on Thursday 20 December 2018. A 20-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Dec 2018
Thursday, 22:38
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51497, longitude -0.1629, in the W2 postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Marylebone, Westminster, W1H 7HN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Westminster

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018010153549
Council area
Westminster
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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 serious injury crash on 30 April 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 20, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2018010153549 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.