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A4020 crash in Ealing on 3 April 1998 at 00:08 involving a Carbodies Taxi

Two Carbodies Taxis and a van were involved in a crash on the A4020 in Ealing at 00:08 on Friday 3 April 1998. The 49-year-old male driver of vehicle 1, a 30-year-old female passenger in vehicle 3 and a 32-year-old male passenger in vehicle 3 were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Apr 1998
Friday, 00:08
Vehicles
3
Carbodies Taxi and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50717, longitude -0.27131, in the W3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ealing.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801XD00202
Council area
Ealing
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4020
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
4000

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 21 September 1993.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Carbodies Taxi

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

  • Vehicle 3: Carbodies Taxi

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    2,664 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Carbodies Taxi)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, taxi occupant, in vehicle 3 (Carbodies Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, taxi occupant, in vehicle 3 (Carbodies Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199801XD00202 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 1998.