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Serious A315 crash in Hammersmith and Fulham on 14 August 1985 at 20:59 involving a minibus

A minibus and a car were involved in a crash on the A315 in Hammersmith and Fulham at 20:59 on Wednesday 14 August 1985. A 15-year-old female passenger in the car and a 28-year-old male pedestrian hit by the car were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Aug 1985
Wednesday, 20:59
Vehicles
2
Minibus and car
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49452, longitude -0.23045, in the W6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hammersmith and Fulham.

Map of where the crash happened in Hammersmith and Fulham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198501FD00227
Council area
Hammersmith and Fulham
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
315
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 January 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, hit by vehicle 2 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic

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 198501FD00227 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hammersmith and Fulham road accident statistics for 1985.