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C road crash in Westminster W1T on 13 March 2019 at 18:40 involving a Vauxhall Zafira taxi

A Vauxhall Zafira taxi and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Westminster at 18:40 on Wednesday 13 March 2019. The 30-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Zafira taxi was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Mar 2019
Wednesday, 18:40
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Zafira and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51674, longitude -0.13743, in the W1T 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, W1W 6BT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Westminster

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019010174048
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
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 March 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira

    Taxi or private hire car

    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,956 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)

    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 2019010174048 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.