B308 crash in Westminster on 28 July 2022 at 18:30 involving a Mercedes S Class
A Mercedes S Class and a car were involved in a crash on the B308 in Westminster at 18:30 on Thursday 28 July 2022. The 38-year-old male driver of the Mercedes S Class was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Jul 2022
- Thursday, 18:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes S Class and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5072, longitude -0.12613, in the WC2N postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the St James's, Westminster, WC2H 7JD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022010391037
- 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
- B
- First road number
- 308
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- 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, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 March 2019.
Serious
Car crash on the B308 in Westminster, 29 March 2019
3 m awayRef 2019010172083
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B308 in Westminster, 16 April 2019
4 m awayRef 2019010175503
Fatal
Honda crash on the B308 in Westminster, 18 November 2001
5 m awayRef 200101DM02307
Serious
Yamaha XJ6 crash on the B308 in Westminster, 7 October 2013
5 m awayRef 201301CW11386
Slight
Ducati crash on the B308 in Westminster, 11 February 1998
5 m awayRef 199801CX00045
Slight
Mitsubishi crash on the B308 in Westminster, 20 May 2006
5 m awayRef 200601CW10613
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes S Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,663 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes S Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2022010391037 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.