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A40 crash in Hillingdon on 28 June 1998 at 15:40 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Mazda E2000 van were involved in a crash on the A40 in Hillingdon at 15:40 on Sunday 28 June 1998. The 79-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra 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 Jun 1998
Sunday, 15:40
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Mazda E2000
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55956, longitude -0.47635, in the UB8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Hillingdon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801XH00564
Council area
Hillingdon
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
Rural
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 10 November 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    79 years
    Engine capacity
    1,389 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mazda E2000

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 199801XH00564 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hillingdon road accident statistics for 1998.