Serious B326 crash in Westminster on 20 April 2019 at 14:08 involving a Toyota Auris
A Toyota Auris and a Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B326 in Westminster at 14:08 on Saturday 20 April 2019. The 36-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 20 Apr 2019
- Saturday, 14:08
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Auris and Yamaha YZF R125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49454, longitude -0.12905, in the SW1P postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Vincent Square, Westminster, SW1P 4BA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010176125
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 326
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 323
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- 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, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 April 1999.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B323 in Westminster, 6 April 1999
11 m awayRef 199901AB00108
Slight
Piaggio X9 crash on the B326 in Westminster, 17 June 2010
12 m awayRef 201001CW11180
Slight
BMW M4 crash on the B326 in Westminster, 12 March 2023
13 m awayRef 2023010431864
Slight
Car crash on the B326 in Westminster, 15 October 2003
14 m awayRef 200301DM01669
Slight
Taxi crash on the B326 in Westminster, 20 April 1983
18 m awayRef 1983010AR0119
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on the B326 in Westminster, 1 April 2014
19 m awayRef 201401CW10407
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Auris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,797 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Yamaha YZF R125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 36, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha YZF R125)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2019010176125 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.