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A308 crash in Hammersmith and Fulham on 22 December 2018 at 04:25 involving a Toyota Prius taxi

A Toyota Prius taxi and a car were involved in a crash on the A308 in Hammersmith and Fulham at 04:25 on Saturday 22 December 2018. The 33-year-old male driver of the Toyota Prius taxi was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Dec 2018
Saturday, 04:25
Vehicles
2
Toyota Prius and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4693, longitude -0.21024, in the SW6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hammersmith and Fulham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Palace & Hurlingham, Hammersmith and Fulham, SW6 3LG 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
2018010153855
Council area
Hammersmith and Fulham
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
308
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
219

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 October 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Prius

    Taxi or private hire car

    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,797 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Vehicle age
    8 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Prius)

    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 2018010153855 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.