A5 crash in Westminster on 17 September 2019 at 12:35 involving a bicycle
A bicycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A5 in Westminster at 12:35 on Tuesday 17 September 2019. The 26-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Sep 2019
- Tuesday, 12:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51445, longitude -0.16199, in the W2 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
- 2019010206116
- 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
- 5
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 5204
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 August 1994.
Slight
Austin Taxi crash on the A5 in Westminster, 16 August 1994
6 m awayRef 199401DM00266
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A5 in Westminster, 10 July 2001
6 m awayRef 200101DM01384
Serious
Piaggio Vespa crash on the A5 in Westminster, 2 June 2001
6 m awayRef 200101DM01072
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A5 in Westminster, 31 December 2015
6 m awayRef 201501CW11976
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A5 in Westminster, 29 October 1996
6 m awayRef 199601DP00467
Serious
Honda CB350S crash on the A5 in Westminster, 8 April 1998
6 m awayRef 199801DP00150
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 26, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2019010206116 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.