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A5 crash in Westminster on 4 December 2019 at 19:00 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A5 in Westminster at 19:00 on Wednesday 4 December 2019. The 33-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Dec 2019
Wednesday, 19:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51595, longitude -0.1641, in the W1H 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
2019010224680
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
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 December 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    2,402 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Engine capacity
    1,395 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

    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 2019010224680 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.