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Serious unclassified road crash at Heathrow Airport TW6 on 27 October 1997 at 21:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra crashed on an unclassified road at Heathrow Airport at 21:30 on Monday 27 October 1997. The 18-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Oct 1997
Monday, 21:30
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46836, longitude -0.42036, in the TW6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hillingdon.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701ID00129
Council area
Heathrow Airport
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Highway authority
London Airport (Heathrow)

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 December 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,389 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 199701ID00129 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Heathrow Airport road accident statistics for 1997.