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Serious A3213 crash in Westminster on 30 December 2018 at 14:55 involving a Honda GLR 125 motorcycle

A Honda GLR 125 motorcycle, a Volkswagen Polo and a Toyota Auris were involved in a crash on the A3213 in Westminster at 14:55 on Sunday 30 December 2018. The 59-year-old male rider of the Honda GLR 125 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Dec 2018
Sunday, 14:55
Vehicles
3
Honda GLR 125 and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49552, longitude -0.14957, in the SW1W 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018010154998
Council area
Westminster
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3213
Road type
One way street
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 September 1989.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda GLR 125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Vehicle 3: Toyota Auris

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 59, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda GLR 125)

    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 2018010154998 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.