A406 crash in Ealing on 13 October 1983 at 11:35 involving a lorry
Two lorries and two cars were involved in a crash on the A406 in Ealing at 11:35 on Thursday 13 October 1983. The 44-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 44-year-old male driver of vehicle 3 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Oct 1983
- Thursday, 11:35
- Vehicles
- 4
- Lorry and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53238, longitude -0.29184, in the NW10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ealing.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1983010XD0814
- Council area
- Ealing
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 406
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 July 1995.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A406 in Ealing, 26 July 1995
At the same spotRef 199501XD00447
Serious
Car crash on the A406 in Ealing, 12 June 1983
At the same spotRef 1983010XD0478
Slight
Toyota Auris crash on the A406 in Ealing, 19 June 2023
8 m awayRef 2023010450127
Slight
Porsche Cayenne crash on the A406 in Ealing, 24 January 2025
10 m awayRef 2025010555709
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A406 in Ealing, 8 February 1992
10 m awayRef 199201XD00078
Slight
DAF Trucks FTG 85CF crash on the A406 in Ealing, 29 March 2011
10 m awayRef 201101XD80194
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside, crossed central reservation
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Vehicle 4: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
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 1983010XD0814 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ealing road accident statistics for 1983.