M41 crash in Hammersmith and Fulham on 8 November 1997 at 11:30 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 and a Mercedes E Class were involved in a crash on the M41 in Hammersmith and Fulham at 11:30 on Saturday 8 November 1997. A 36-year-old male passenger in the Audi A4 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Nov 1997
- Saturday, 11:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and Mercedes E Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50519, longitude -0.21692, in the W12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Hammersmith and Fulham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199701FH00513
- Council area
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 41
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 40
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 19 November 1996.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the M41 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 19 November 1996
At the same spotRef 199601FH00581
Slight
Car crash on the M41 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 15 October 1987
At the same spotRef 198701FS00269
Slight
Car crash on the M41 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 5 January 1990
At the same spotRef 199001BH00001
Slight
Nissan Bluebird crash on the M41 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 11 September 1994
At the same spotRef 199401FH00425
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A3220 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 11 May 2019
9 m awayRef 2019010180308
Slight
Car crash on the M41 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 11 August 1988
10 m awayRef 198801BH00221
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A4)
- 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 199701FH00513 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.