A4202 crash in Westminster on 20 December 2019 at 18:27 involving an LEVC TX taxi
An LEVC TX taxi and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A4202 in Westminster at 18:27 on Friday 20 December 2019. The 40-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Dec 2019
- Friday, 18:27
- Vehicles
- 2
- LEVC TX and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50662, longitude -0.15223, in the W1K postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the West End, Westminster, W1J 6EG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010226375
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4202
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4202
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Human crossing control by other authorised person
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 19 September 2019.
Slight
Mercedes Gla Class crash on the A4202 in Westminster, 19 September 2019
1 m awayRef 2019010206471
Slight
Audi 100 crash on the A4202 in Westminster, 2 September 1994
4 m awayRef 199401CD00316
Slight
Taxi crash on the A4202 in Westminster, 29 August 2013
4 m awayRef 201301CW11161
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A4202 in Westminster, 21 December 2012
4 m awayRef 201201TA01096
Slight
Car crash on the A4202 in Westminster, 13 September 1994
4 m awayRef 199401CD00327
Slight
Taxi crash on the A4202 in Westminster, 16 June 1982
6 m awayRef 1982010CV0118
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: LEVC TX
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,477 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 40, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2019010226375 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.