A4 crash in Westminster on 20 May 2019 at 17:00 involving a bicycle
A bicycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A4 in Westminster at 17:00 on Monday 20 May 2019. The 32-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 May 2019
- Monday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51267, longitude -0.11499, in the WC2R postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the St James's, Westminster, WC2R 2AB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010183176
- 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
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 16 July 1985.
Slight
Car crash on the A4 in Westminster, 16 July 1985
1 m awayRef 198501CB00129
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A4 in Westminster, 25 September 2016
1 m awayRef 2016010021155
Slight
Leyland crash on the A4 in Westminster, 29 June 1991
1 m awayRef 199101CX00225
Slight
Honda Legend crash on the A4 in Westminster, 3 February 2001
1 m awayRef 200101DM00231
Slight
Honda NT650V Deauville crash on the A4 in Westminster, 30 July 2003
9 m awayRef 200301DM01162
Slight
Honda crash on the A4 in Westminster, 16 July 2002
9 m awayRef 200201DM01211
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightFemale, aged 32, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- 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 2019010183176 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.