A3220 crash in Hammersmith and Fulham on 19 December 2012 at 02:04 involving a BMW X5
A BMW X5 and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on the A3220 in Hammersmith and Fulham at 02:04 on Wednesday 19 December 2012. The 64-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Zafira was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with unlit street lights in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Dec 2012
- Wednesday, 02:04
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW X5 and Vauxhall Zafira
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5133, longitude -0.2212, in the W10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kensington and Chelsea. It is one of the crashes that make up the St. Helen's, Kensington and Chelsea, W10 6RF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hammersmith and Fulham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201201FH10660
- Council area
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3220
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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 unlit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 November 2013.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A3220 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 4 November 2013
At the same spotRef 201301FH10578
Serious
Car crash on the M41 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 28 July 1999
20 m awayRef 199901FH00518
Slight
Car crash on the A3220 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 8 April 2006
22 m awayRef 200601FH10169
Slight
Piaggio Vespa crash on the A3220 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 21 November 2006
22 m awayRef 200601FH10653
Slight
Honda C90 crash on the M41 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 19 August 1993
22 m awayRef 199301FH00413
Slight
BMW X5 crash on the A3220 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 6 June 2014
30 m awayRef 201401BS70365
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW X5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
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 201201FH10660 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hammersmith and Fulham road accident statistics for 2012.