B408 crash in Hammersmith and Fulham on 17 August 2017 at 09:30 involving a Honda WW125EX2 motorcycle
A Honda WW125EX2 motorcycle and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the B408 in Hammersmith and Fulham at 09:30 on Thursday 17 August 2017. The 26-year-old male rider of the Honda WW125EX2 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Aug 2017
- Thursday, 09:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda WW125EX2 and Audi A4
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50104, longitude -0.23983, in the W12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hammersmith and Fulham. 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
- 2017010054228
- Council area
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 408
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 July 2018.
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the B408 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 2 July 2018
At the same spotRef 2018010118304
Slight
Car crash on the B408 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 18 January 1983
At the same spotRef 1983010FS0012
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B408 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 8 November 1989
At the same spotRef 198901FS00323
Slight
Van crash on the B408 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 16 June 1983
At the same spotRef 1983010FS0174
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B408 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 26 December 2002
At the same spotRef 200201FH00940
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B408 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 24 August 1982
At the same spotRef 1982010FS0257
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda WW125EX2
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 26, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda WW125EX2)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least 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 2017010054228 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 2017.