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A40 crash in the City of London on 14 December 1995 at 13:30 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A40 in the City of London at 13:30 on Thursday 14 December 1995. The 22-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Dec 1995
Thursday, 13:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51769, longitude -0.1079, in the EC1N postcode district and within the built-up area of Camden.

Map of where the crash happened in the City of London

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199501CP00191
Council area
City of London
Police force
City of London

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
40
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
4

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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 22 August 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 199501CP00191 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the City of London road accident statistics for 1995.