B455 crash in Ealing on 5 October 2003 at 16:55 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a Land Rover Discovery were involved in a crash on the B455 in Ealing at 16:55 on Sunday 5 October 2003. The 27-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort and a female passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Oct 2003
- Sunday, 16:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and Land Rover Discovery
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52706, longitude -0.34435, in the W7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ealing. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central Greenford, Ealing, UB6 8SL area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200301XS01049
- Council area
- Ealing
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 455
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 December 2018.
Slight
Vauxhall Signum crash on the B455 in Ealing, 15 December 2018
10 m awayRef 2018010152352
Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the B455 in Ealing, 29 October 2023
19 m awayRef 2023010474793
Slight
Car crash on the B455 in Ealing, 24 August 1982
20 m awayRef 1982010XD0554
Slight
Car crash on the B455 in Ealing, 22 June 2010
20 m awayRef 201001XD80460
Slight
Car crash on the B455 in Ealing, 3 July 2012
20 m awayRef 201201TB00650
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B455 in Ealing, 23 October 1984
28 m awayRef 198401XS00669
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Discovery
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,495 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 200301XS01049 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 2003.