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Serious M4 crash in Hillingdon on 24 January 1997 at 17:50 involving a Volvo 343

A Volvo 343 and a BMW 7 Series were involved in a crash on the M4 in Hillingdon at 17:50 on Friday 24 January 1997. A 4-year-old male passenger in the Volvo 343 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Jan 1997
Friday, 17:50
Vehicles
2
Volvo 343 and BMW 7 Series
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49554, longitude -0.46264, in the UB7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Hillingdon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701TC00035
Council area
Hillingdon
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
4
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 December 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 343

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 7 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    3,430 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 343)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 199701TC00035 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hillingdon road accident statistics for 1997.