A40 crash in Hammersmith and Fulham on 4 April 1986 at 10:45 involving a bus or coach
A bus or coach crashed on the A40 in Hammersmith and Fulham at 10:45 on Friday 4 April 1986. A 45-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Apr 1986
- Friday, 10:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Bus or coach
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5054, longitude -0.22455, in the W12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hammersmith and Fulham.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198601FS00078
- Council area
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 40
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4020
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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 26 December 2018.
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the A219 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 26 December 2018
At the same spotRef 2018010156470
Slight
Car crash on the A40 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 4 January 1988
At the same spotRef 198801FS00004
Serious
BMW M3 crash on the A40 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 26 March 1999
At the same spotRef 199901FH00149
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A40 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 26 March 1999
At the same spotRef 199901FH00165
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9 m awayRef 2025010601606
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Car crash on the A40 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 3 June 1982
10 m awayRef 1982010FS0152
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 45, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Standing passenger
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 198601FS00078 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 1986.