A40 crash in Ealing on 5 September 2022 at 03:35 involving a Kawasaki BX 125 motorcycle
A Kawasaki BX 125 motorcycle and two cars were involved in a crash on the A40 in Ealing at 03:35 on Monday 5 September 2022. The 54-year-old female rider of the Kawasaki BX 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Sep 2022
- Monday, 03:35
- Vehicles
- 3
- Kawasaki BX 125 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51927, longitude -0.26244, in the W3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ealing. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Acton, Ealing, W3 6YE area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022010397856
- Council area
- Ealing
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 40
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4000
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
- Wet or damp
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, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 August 2021.
Serious
Yamaha GPD crash on the A40 in Ealing, 1 August 2021
3 m awayRef 2021010322089
Slight
Honda XL125V crash on the A40 in Ealing, 29 November 2014
4 m awayRef 201401XD81113
Slight
Alfa Romeo 147 crash on the A40 in Ealing, 24 December 2007
4 m awayRef 200701XD80894
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A40 in Ealing, 23 November 2012
4 m awayRef 201201XD80911
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A40 in Ealing, 11 June 2013
6 m awayRef 201301XD80434
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A40 in Ealing, 20 November 1999
6 m awayRef 199901XD00790
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Kawasaki BX 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 54, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki BX 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2022010397856 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 2022.