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A40 crash in Ealing on 4 October 1996 at 22:55 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the A40 in Ealing at 22:55 on Friday 4 October 1996. The 20-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Oct 1996
Friday, 22:55
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52181, longitude -0.26384, in the W3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ealing.

Map of where the crash happened in Ealing

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199601XD00744
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
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
4000

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 3 June 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,391 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 199601XD00744 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 1996.