A315 crash in Hammersmith and Fulham on 15 May 2013 at 17:30 involving a BMW X5
A BMW X5 and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A315 in Hammersmith and Fulham at 17:30 on Wednesday 15 May 2013. The 39-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 May 2013
- Wednesday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW X5 and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49334, longitude -0.24546, in the W4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hounslow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ravenscourt, Hammersmith and Fulham, W6 0TY 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
- 201301TX20233
- 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
- 315
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 402
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 9 December 2018.
Serious
Toyota Prius+ crash on the A315 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 9 December 2018
At the same spotRef 2018010151038
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the A315 in Hounslow, 28 July 2020
4 m awayRef 2020010258916
Slight
Sym Jet crash on the A315 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 3 October 2025
6 m awayRef 2025010601435
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A402 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 10 November 2003
10 m awayRef 200301TX00910
Slight
BMW 7 Series crash on the A315 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 28 November 1996
10 m awayRef 199601TC00625
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on the A315 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 27 September 2002
10 m awayRef 200201TX00951
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW X5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 660 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 39, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 201301TX20233 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 2013.