M41 crash in Hammersmith and Fulham on 11 September 1996 at 18:50 involving a Harley-Davidson motorcycle
A car and a Harley-Davidson motorcycle were involved in a crash on the M41 in Hammersmith and Fulham at 18:50 on Wednesday 11 September 1996. The male rider of the Harley-Davidson motorcycle 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
- 11 Sep 1996
- Wednesday, 18:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Harley-Davidson
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50981, longitude -0.21934, in the W11 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199601FH00465
- Council area
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 41
- 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 29 October 2015.
Slight
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Serious
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Slight
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Slight
Jaguar XJ Series crash on the M41 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 13 August 1992
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Slight
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Slight
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
Vehicle 2: Harley-Davidson
Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,340 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Harley-Davidson)
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 199601FH00465 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 1996.