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Serious B490 crash in Ealing on 3 March 2019 at 13:30 involving a Piaggio Vespa motorcycle

A Piaggio Vespa motorcycle crashed on the B490 in Ealing at 13:30 on Sunday 3 March 2019. The 24-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Mar 2019
Sunday, 13:30
Vehicles
1
Piaggio Vespa
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4956, longitude -0.26611, in the W4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ealing. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chiswick Gunnersbury, Hounslow, W3 8BZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Ealing

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019010166804
Council area
Ealing
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
490
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Road surface defective
Carriageway hazards
Poor or defective road surface

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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 August 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Piaggio Vespa

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio Vespa)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2019010166804 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 2019.