A404 crash in Westminster on 31 December 2019 at 19:00 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Toyota Prius were involved in a crash on the A404 in Westminster at 19:00 on Tuesday 31 December 2019. The 31-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus was slightly injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 2019
- Tuesday, 19:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Toyota Prius
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5199, longitude -0.17674, 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
- 2019010227977
- 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
- 404
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, lighting unknown
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 May 2004.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4206 in Westminster, 28 May 2004
7 m awayRef 200401DM00712
Serious
Volvo crash on the A404 in Westminster, 10 October 2007
7 m awayRef 200701CW11057
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A40(M) in Westminster, 12 June 1993
7 m awayRef 199301DD00211
Serious
Car crash on the A40(M) in Westminster, 27 February 1982
7 m awayRef 1982010DD0066
Slight
Van crash on the A40 in Westminster, 11 July 1988
8 m awayRef 198801DD00299
Slight
Honda SCV100 crash on the A40 in Westminster, 12 January 2017
8 m awayRef 2017010011374
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Prius
Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Engine capacity
- 1,797 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2019010227977 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.