A40 crash in Ealing on 21 May 2014 at 16:05 involving a Honda Civic
Five vehicles, including a Honda Civic and a Renault Laguna, were involved in a crash on the A40 in Ealing at 16:05 on Wednesday 21 May 2014. The 44-year-old male driver of the Renault Laguna, a 35-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra and a 32-year-old male passenger in the Renault Clio were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 70 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 May 2014
- Wednesday, 16:05
- Vehicles
- 5
- Honda Civic and 4 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53678, longitude -0.35121, in the UB6 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
- 201401XD80478
- Council area
- Ealing
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 40
- Road type
- Slip road
- Speed limit
- 70 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 January 2022.
Slight
Honda SH 125 crash on the A40 in Ealing, 12 January 2022
5 m awayRef 2022010354241
Slight
Nissan Cherry crash on the A40 in Ealing, 19 September 1996
10 m awayRef 199601XS00608
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A40 in Ealing, 28 December 2016
10 m awayRef 2016010009002
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A40 in Ealing, 21 October 2013
10 m awayRef 201301XD80830
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A40 in Ealing, 17 March 2014
10 m awayRef 201401XD80217
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A40 in Ealing, 18 July 1997
10 m awayRef 199701XS00449
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,783 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 3: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 4: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Vehicle 5: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Laguna)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 201401XD80478 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 2014.