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Serious A40 crash in Ealing on 27 July 1995 at 07:30 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A40 in Ealing at 07:30 on Thursday 27 July 1995. The 40-year-old male driver of the Austin Metro was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Jul 1995
Thursday, 07:30
Vehicles
2
Austin Metro and lorry
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54795, longitude -0.39438, in the UB5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Ealing

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199501XS00554
Council area
Ealing
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
40
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 October 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

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 199501XS00554 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 1995.