A4209 crash in Westminster on 9 August 2022 at 20:36 involving an LEVC TX taxi
An LEVC TX taxi and an e-scooter were involved in a crash on the A4209 in Westminster at 20:36 on Tuesday 9 August 2022. The 24-year-old male rider of the e-scooter was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Aug 2022
- Tuesday, 20:36
- Vehicles
- 2
- LEVC TX and e-scooter
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51479, longitude -0.17333, 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 Hyde Park, Westminster, W2 2TZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022010393080
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4209
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Human crossing control by other authorised person
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, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 July 2025.
Serious
Toyota crash on the A4209 in Westminster, 9 July 2025
2 m awayRef 2025010585743
Slight
Car crash on the A4209 in Westminster, 27 October 1986
2 m awayRef 198601DD00524
Slight
Carbodies Taxi crash on the A4209 in Westminster, 2 August 2007
2 m awayRef 200701CW68969
Slight
Volvo 960 crash on the A4209 in Westminster, 5 December 1993
2 m awayRef 199301DD00476
Slight
Scooter crash on the A4209 in Westminster, 26 October 1985
2 m awayRef 198501DD00553
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on a C road in Westminster, 13 August 2012
2 m awayRef 201201CW11119
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: LEVC TX
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,477 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: E-scooter
Personal powered transporter (e-scooter or similar)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- E-scooter
- Vehicle was an e-scooter
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 24, on vehicle 2 (E-scooter)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- E-scooter
- Casualty was using an e-scooter
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 2022010393080 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.