A40 crash in Hammersmith and Fulham on 28 July 1997 at 14:45 involving a car
A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A40 in Hammersmith and Fulham at 14:45 on Monday 28 July 1997. The 26-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Jul 1997
- Monday, 14:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51393, longitude -0.24771, in the W12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hammersmith and Fulham.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199701XD00524
- Council area
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- 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
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 18 May 1996.
Slight
Citroen Visa crash on the A40 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 18 May 1996
At the same spotRef 199601FH00259
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A40 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 1 October 2025
3 m awayRef 2025010601547
Slight
Car crash on the A40 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 5 April 1984
10 m awayRef 198401FS00095
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A40 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 3 June 2018
10 m awayRef 2018010114080
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A40 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 15 September 2013
10 m awayRef 201301FH10434
Slight
Car crash on the A40 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 29 September 1984
10 m awayRef 198401XD00773
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 26, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 199701XD00524 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.