A501 crash in Westminster on 8 May 2019 at 09:24 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Honda CB600F motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A501 in Westminster at 09:24 on Wednesday 8 May 2019. The 41-year-old male rider of the Honda CB600F motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 May 2019
- Wednesday, 09:24
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Honda CB600F
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.522, longitude -0.15867, in the NW1 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
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010179546
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 501
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- 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
- Raining with 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 December 2022.
Serious
Volvo crash on the A501 in Westminster, 18 December 2022
2 m awayRef 2022010417076
Slight
Bus crash on the A501 in Westminster, 5 May 1992
4 m awayRef 199201DD00183
Slight
Honda SH125 crash on the A501 in Westminster, 14 August 2017
4 m awayRef 2017010053758
Slight
Aprilia crash on the A501 in Westminster, 30 January 2004
4 m awayRef 200401DM00098
Slight
London Taxis Int. Txii crash on the A501 in Westminster, 13 December 2005
4 m awayRef 200501CW11815
Slight
Audi A6 crash on an unclassified road in Westminster, 27 April 2011
4 m awayRef 201101CW10649
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Lane or location
- Bus lane or busway
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,895 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda CB600F
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Lane or location
- Bus lane or busway
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Nearside or offside crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 41, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda CB600F)
- 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 2019010179546 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.