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Fatal A4020 crash in Ealing on 28 December 1998 at 15:51 involving a Leyland DAF FA 55 lorry

A Leyland DAF FA 55 lorry hit a pedestrian on the A4020 in Ealing at 15:51 on Monday 28 December 1998. A 45-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
28 Dec 1998
Monday, 15:51
Vehicles
1
Leyland DAF FA 55
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50872, longitude -0.34749, in the UB2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ealing.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801XS00752
Council area
Ealing
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4020
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 31 July 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland DAF FA 55

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 45, hit by vehicle 1 (Leyland DAF FA 55)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 199801XS00752 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.