A40 crash in Ealing on 4 October 2022 at 01:32 involving a Toyota Prius taxi
Two Toyota Prius taxis were involved in a crash on the A40 in Ealing at 01:32 on Tuesday 4 October 2022. A female passenger in vehicle 1, the 48-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a male passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Oct 2022
- Tuesday, 01:32
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Prius and another
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51385, longitude -0.24885, in the W12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ealing. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wormholt, Hammersmith and Fulham, W12 0NH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Ealing
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022010402984
- 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
- 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
- C
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 16 July 1990.
Slight
Renault 20 crash on the A40 in Ealing, 16 July 1990
1 m awayRef 199001FD00462
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A40 in Ealing, 29 October 1987
1 m awayRef 198701XD00777
Slight
Car crash on the A40 in Ealing, 5 January 1989
1 m awayRef 198901FS00003
Slight
Car crash on the A40 in Ealing, 29 May 1989
1 m awayRef 198901FS00144
Slight
Seat Alhambra crash on the A40 in Ealing, 30 September 2008
1 m awayRef 200801XD80650
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A40 in Ealing, 11 August 1992
1 m awayRef 199201XD00579
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Prius
Taxi or private hire car
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,797 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Prius
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Prius)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Prius)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Prius)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- 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 2022010402984 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.