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Serious A406 crash in Ealing on 22 October 2008 at 08:15 involving a Gilera Cougar motorcycle

A Gilera Cougar motorcycle and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the A406 in Ealing at 08:15 on Wednesday 22 October 2008. The 19-year-old male rider of the Gilera Cougar motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Oct 2008
Wednesday, 08:15
Vehicles
2
Gilera Cougar and Audi A4
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5085, longitude -0.29171, in the W5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ealing. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ealing Broadway, Ealing, W5 3TJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Ealing

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200801XD80693
Council area
Ealing
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
406
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 December 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Gilera Cougar

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Audi A4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Gilera Cougar)

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 200801XD80693 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 2008.