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A304 crash in Hammersmith and Fulham on 5 March 1998 at 23:29 involving a Ford Scorpio

A Ford Scorpio and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A304 in Hammersmith and Fulham at 23:29 on Thursday 5 March 1998. The 25-year-old female rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Mar 1998
Thursday, 23:29
Vehicles
2
Ford Scorpio and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48043, longitude -0.19744, in the SW6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hammersmith and Fulham.

Map of where the crash happened in Hammersmith and Fulham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801FF00075
Council area
Hammersmith and Fulham
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
304
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
304

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 February 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Scorpio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, 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 199801FF00075 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 1998.