A315 crash in Westminster on 3 December 2021 at 17:10 involving a Honda WW125 motorcycle
A Honda WW125 motorcycle and a Toyota Auris taxi were involved in a crash on the A315 in Westminster at 17:10 on Friday 3 December 2021. The 26-year-old male rider of the Honda WW125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Dec 2021
- Friday, 17:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda WW125 and Toyota Auris
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50181, longitude -0.1684, in the SW7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brompton & Hans Town, Kensington and Chelsea, SW7 2PA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021010347961
- 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
- 315
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 27 December 2022.
Slight
Mazda 3 crash on the A315 in Westminster, 27 December 2022
1 m awayRef 2022010418582
Slight
Mercedes S Class crash on the A315 in Westminster, 23 September 2020
4 m awayRef 2020010269623
Slight
BMW R 80 RT crash on the A315 in Westminster, 19 February 1993
6 m awayRef 199301AB00048
Serious
Bus crash on the A315 in Westminster, 20 November 1984
6 m awayRef 198401AL00313
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on the A315 in Westminster, 5 December 2013
6 m awayRef 201301CW11719
Slight
Bus crash on the A315 in Westminster, 17 February 1984
6 m awayRef 198401AL00045
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda WW125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Auris
Taxi or private hire car
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 26, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda WW125)
- 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 2021010347961 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 2021.