A40(M) crash in Westminster on 27 July 1996 at 13:42 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A40(M) in Westminster at 13:42 on Saturday 27 July 1996. The 25-year-old male driver of the Renault Megane was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Jul 1996
- Saturday, 13:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51996, longitude -0.17714, in the W2 postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199601DP00294
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A(M)
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 July 1996.
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Peugeot 205 crash on the A40(M) in Westminster, 10 July 1996
At the same spotRef 199601DP00265
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Rover 600 Series crash on the A40(M) in Westminster, 11 July 1996
At the same spotRef 199601DP00267
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Rover 800 Series crash on the A404 in Westminster, 18 June 1997
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Nissan Bluebird crash on the A404 in Westminster, 20 June 2001
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,117 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
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 199601DP00294 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Westminster road accident statistics for 1996.