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A4 crash in Westminster on 12 January 2019 at 13:27 involving a taxi

A taxi and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A4 in Westminster at 13:27 on Saturday 12 January 2019. The 31-year-old male driver of the taxi was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Jan 2019
Saturday, 13:27
Vehicles
2
Taxi and bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50778, longitude -0.14058, in the W1J postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the West End, Westminster, W1J 6EG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Westminster

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019010157118
Council area
Westminster
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Authorised person
Second road class
A
Second road number
4

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Human crossing control by other authorised person

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 31 December 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Taxi or private hire car

    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2019010157118 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 2019.