Serious A3212 crash in Westminster on 2 December 2022 at 17:32 involving a bicycle
A bicycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A3212 in Westminster at 17:32 on Friday 2 December 2022. The 25-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Dec 2022
- Friday, 17:32
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50151, longitude -0.12615, in the SW1A postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Waterloo & South Bank, Lambeth, SE1 7GA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022010415399
- 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
- 3212
- 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
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 September 1988.
Slight
Bus crash on the A3212 in Westminster, 23 September 1988
2 m awayRef 198801AD00224
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A3212 in Westminster, 28 May 2010
2 m awayRef 201001CW11077
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A3212 in Westminster, 20 August 2025
4 m awayRef 2025010592929
Slight
Ford Tourneo crash on the A3212 in Westminster, 15 December 2020
4 m awayRef 2020010285055
Slight
Wrightbus NB4L crash on the A3212 in Westminster, 9 April 2024
6 m awayRef 2024010504098
Slight
Mercedes Vito crash on the A3212 in Westminster, 14 August 2019
7 m awayRef 2019010199522
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousFemale, aged 25, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2022010415399 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.