A5 crash in Westminster on 19 December 2022 at 08:00 involving a Peugeot 208
A Peugeot 208 and a Yamaha R motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A5 in Westminster at 08:00 on Monday 19 December 2022. The 37-year-old male rider of the Yamaha R motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Dec 2022
- Monday, 08:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 208 and Yamaha R
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53073, longitude -0.18431, in the W9 postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Maida Vale, Westminster, W9 1HQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022010417204
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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 5 February 2023.
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Yamaha X crash on the A5 in Westminster, 30 March 2023
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Honda WW125 crash on the A5 in Westminster, 27 December 2025
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Slight
Piaggio Vespa crash on the A5 in Westminster, 25 August 2007
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 208
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Yamaha R
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 37, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha R)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2022010417204 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.