A4201 crash in Westminster on 26 April 2025 at 19:30 involving a bicycle
A bicycle and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A4201 in Westminster at 19:30 on Saturday 26 April 2025. The 15-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Apr 2025
- Saturday, 19:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and bus or coach
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51271, longitude -0.14026, in the W1B postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the West End, Westminster, W1J 6EG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025010571575
- 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
- 4201
- Road type
- One way street
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 August 2022.
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A4201 in Westminster, 6 August 2022
3 m awayRef 2022010392529
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4201 in Westminster, 26 October 1983
9 m awayRef 1983010CD0247
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A4201 in Westminster, 31 March 1990
9 m awayRef 199001CD00065
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A4201 in Westminster, 11 December 2001
9 m awayRef 200101DM02514
Slight
Van crash on the A4201 in Westminster, 3 February 1984
9 m awayRef 198401CD00027
Slight
Bus crash on the A4201 in Westminster, 20 November 2002
9 m awayRef 200201DM02179
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Lane or location
- Cycle lane (on main carriageway)
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Vehicle 2: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 15, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2025010571575 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 2025.