A40 crash in Westminster on 20 September 2019 at 01:10 involving a Honda NSS 125 AD motorcycle
A Honda NSS 125 AD motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A40 in Westminster at 01:10 on Friday 20 September 2019. The 42-year-old male rider of the Honda NSS 125 AD motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Sep 2019
- Friday, 01:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda NSS 125 AD and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52004, longitude -0.17665, 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 Little Venice, Westminster, W2 1LH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010206475
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 40
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 August 1994.
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the A40(M) in Westminster, 11 August 1994
2 m awayRef 199401DD00339
Slight
Car crash on the A40 in Westminster, 30 January 1984
10 m awayRef 198401DD00049
Serious
Car crash on the A40(M) in Westminster, 27 February 1982
10 m awayRef 1982010DD0066
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A40(M) in Westminster, 12 June 1993
10 m awayRef 199301DD00211
Slight
Car crash on the A40(M) in Westminster, 13 October 1992
12 m awayRef 199201DD00462
Serious
Car crash on the A40(M) in Westminster, 12 May 1982
12 m awayRef 1982010DD0200
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda NSS 125 AD
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bridge (side)
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 42, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda NSS 125 AD)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least 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 2019010206475 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.