Serious A4127 crash in Ealing on 23 December 2016 at 17:35 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Honda GLR 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4127 in Ealing at 17:35 on Friday 23 December 2016. The 24-year-old male rider of the Honda GLR 125 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 23 Dec 2016
- Friday, 17:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Honda GLR 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55635, longitude -0.33608, in the UB6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ealing. It is one of the crashes that make up the North Greenford, Ealing, UB6 0DX area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016010008612
- Council area
- Ealing
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4127
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 July 2018.
Slight
Renault Kangoo crash on the A4127 in Ealing, 19 July 2018
At the same spotRef 2018010122105
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A4127 in Ealing, 27 January 2017
At the same spotRef 2017010014632
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4127 in Ealing, 17 June 2019
2 m awayRef 2019010187836
Slight
Car crash on the A4127 in Ealing, 11 June 2025
7 m awayRef 2025010580051
Slight
Yamaha GPD crash on the A4127 in Ealing, 14 February 2025
8 m awayRef 2025010559192
Slight
Car crash on the A4127 in Ealing, 26 June 2006
10 m awayRef 200601QA10255
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda GLR 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 24, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda GLR 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
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 2016010008612 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 2016.