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A40 crash in Ealing on 24 August 1998 at 17:00 involving a Mercedes 200

A Mercedes 200 and a van were involved in a crash on the A40 in Ealing at 17:00 on Monday 24 August 1998. The 29-year-old male driver of the van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Aug 1998
Monday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Mercedes 200 and van
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51386, longitude -0.24916, in the W3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ealing.

Map of where the crash happened in Ealing

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801XD00523
Council area
Ealing
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
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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 23 August 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes 200

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    2,746 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    29 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

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 199801XD00523 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.