That stretch of road (off the strand via the cyclepath and up towards Covt Garden) seems to encourage bad driving. I think because it's a dead end (for cars), taxis coming out of that junction on the right don't think they have to look left to see if anythings coming.
You mean this place...
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/mm?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=51.5112,-0.119369&spn=0,0.01929&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=51.511266,-0.119253&panoid=1jbZPHjztwii4ouPk6SUFg&cbp=12,341.22,,0,5