A312 crash in Ealing on 16 April 2020 at 21:30 involving a BMW 5 Series
A BMW 5 Series and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the A312 in Ealing at 21:30 on Thursday 16 April 2020. The 23-year-old male driver of the BMW 5 Series and a passenger in the BMW 5 Series were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Apr 2020
- Thursday, 21:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 5 Series and BMW 1 Series
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54083, longitude -0.38182, in the UB5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ealing. It is one of the crashes that make up the Northolt West End, Ealing, UB5 5LL area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020010245331
- 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
- A
- First road number
- 312
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 March 2020.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A312 in Ealing, 27 March 2020
2 m awayRef 2020010243767
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A312 in Ealing, 16 October 2019
2 m awayRef 2019010212158
Slight
Renault 21 crash on the A312 in Ealing, 17 October 1997
4 m awayRef 199701XS00652
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A312 in Ealing, 15 August 1994
8 m awayRef 199401XS00480
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A312 in Ealing, 14 February 1994
8 m awayRef 199401XS00087
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A312 in Ealing, 27 October 2013
8 m awayRef 201301XD80863
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 5 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightCar occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 5 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2020010245331 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 2020.