A40 crash in Hammersmith and Fulham on 22 February 2018 at 16:20 involving a BMW 1 Series
A BMW 1 Series and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the A40 in Hammersmith and Fulham at 16:20 on Thursday 22 February 2018. The 43-year-old male driver of the Audi A4 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Feb 2018
- Thursday, 16:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 1 Series and Audi A4
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51553, longitude -0.2224, in the W10 postcode district. 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
- 2018010091971
- 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
- 40
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 3220
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 March 2017.
Slight
Jaguar XK Series crash on the A40 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 6 March 2017
10 m awayRef 2017010023598
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Westminster, 20 November 1986, ref 198601DD00606
10 m awayRef 198601DD00606
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Westminster, 20 November 1986, ref 198601DD00576
10 m awayRef 198601DD00576
Slight
Honda CB250 crash on the A40 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 18 November 2004
14 m awayRef 200401BS00550
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A40 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 1 November 2019
16 m awayRef 2019010215417
Serious
Yamaha FZ crash on the A40 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 4 July 2024
16 m awayRef 2024010520052
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,996 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A4)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018010091971 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 2018.