A4205 crash in Westminster on 23 December 2024 at 20:30 involving a Wrightbus Streetdeck
A Wrightbus Streetdeck crashed on the A4205 in Westminster at 20:30 on Monday 23 December 2024. A 57-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Dec 2024
- Monday, 20:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Wrightbus Streetdeck
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51632, longitude -0.17814, 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 Little Venice, Westminster, W2 1LH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024010550899
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4205
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 April 1997.
Slight
Harley-Davidson crash on the A4205 in Westminster, 7 April 1997
4 m awayRef 199701DP00133
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A4205 in Westminster, 1 April 2000
4 m awayRef 200001DM00580
Slight
Carbodies Taxi crash on the A4205 in Westminster, 5 November 2004
4 m awayRef 200401CW10033
Slight
Volvo 240 crash on an unclassified road in Westminster, 19 January 1995
4 m awayRef 199501DP00016
Serious
Toyota Corolla crash on the A4205 in Westminster, 25 September 2002
4 m awayRef 200201DM01688
Slight
Nissan Bluebird crash on the A4205 in Westminster, 23 June 1994
4 m awayRef 199401DD00250
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Wrightbus Streetdeck
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 57, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Wrightbus Streetdeck)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Standing passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
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 2024010550899 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 2024.