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A40(M) crash in Hammersmith and Fulham on 6 January 1997 at 19:30 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Land Rover 110 were involved in a crash on the A40(M) in Hammersmith and Fulham at 19:30 on Monday 6 January 1997. A 46-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Jan 1997
Monday, 19:30
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Land Rover 110
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51561, longitude -0.22214, in the W10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kensington and Chelsea.

Map of where the crash happened in Hammersmith and Fulham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701FH00002
Council area
Hammersmith and Fulham
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A(M)
First road number
40
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Motorway
Second road number
41

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 1 August 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,272 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Land Rover 110

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199701FH00002 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 1997.