A40 crash in Westminster on 24 June 2022 at 20:21 involving a Toyota Yaris
A Toyota Yaris and a Kia Niro were involved in a crash on the A40 in Westminster at 20:21 on Friday 24 June 2022. A 41-year-old male passenger in the Toyota Yaris and the 45-year-old male driver of the Kia Niro were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Jun 2022
- Friday, 20:21
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Yaris and Kia Niro
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51968, longitude -0.19047, 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 Bayswater, Westminster, W2 4NG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022010384523
- 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
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 January 1983.
Slight
Car crash on the A40 in Westminster, 8 January 1983
7 m awayRef 1983010DD0006
Slight
Car crash on the A40 in Westminster, 9 June 1989
7 m awayRef 198901DD00296
Slight
Car crash on the A40 in Westminster, 27 April 1985
7 m awayRef 198501DD00208
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the A40 in Westminster, 6 June 2021
15 m awayRef 2021010311935
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A40 in Westminster, 11 December 1985
15 m awayRef 198501DD00650
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the A40(M) in Westminster, 7 April 1992
16 m awayRef 199201DD00140
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Kia Niro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,580 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Niro)
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 2022010384523 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 2022.