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B455 crash in Ealing on 6 December 2018 at 11:50 involving a Volvo bus

A Volvo bus and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the B455 in Ealing at 11:50 on Thursday 6 December 2018. The 44-year-old male driver of the Volvo bus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Dec 2018
Thursday, 11:50
Vehicles
2
Volvo and Ford Focus
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52779, longitude -0.35398, 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
2018010150298
Council area
Ealing
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
455
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
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
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 January 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    9,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    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
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,988 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    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 2018010150298 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 2018.