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M4 crash in Hounslow on 26 December 1992 at 21:40 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Nissan 100 were involved in a crash on the M4 in Hounslow at 21:40 on Saturday 26 December 1992. A 27-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort and the 32-year-old female driver of the Nissan 100 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Dec 1992
Saturday, 21:40
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Nissan 100
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49151, longitude -0.29481, in the TW8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Hounslow

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199201TC00680
Council area
Hounslow
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
4
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Other
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 April 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan 100

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan 100)

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 199201TC00680 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hounslow road accident statistics for 1992.