A314 crash in Hounslow on 4 January 1997 at 22:48 involving a Ford Sierra
A Ford Sierra and an Austin Maestro were involved in a crash on the A314 in Hounslow at 22:48 on Saturday 4 January 1997. A 20-year-old female passenger in the Ford Sierra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Jan 1997
- Saturday, 22:48
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Sierra and Austin Maestro
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46472, longitude -0.36477, in the TW3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hounslow.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199701TD00002
- Council area
- Hounslow
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 314
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 June 2004.
Serious
Mercedes C Class crash on the A314 in Hounslow, 4 June 2004
10 m awayRef 200401TX00346
Serious
Dennis crash on the A314 in Hounslow, 18 December 2009
10 m awayRef 200901TX20804
Slight
Peugeot Expert crash on the A314 in Hounslow, 10 November 2025
11 m awayRef 2025010608593
Slight
Car crash on the A314 in Hounslow, 17 October 1989
14 m awayRef 198901TD00741
Slight
Car crash on the A314 in Hounslow, 28 March 1982
14 m awayRef 1982010TD0165
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A314 in Hounslow, 24 June 2024
28 m awayRef 2024010518013
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,769 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Austin Maestro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,275 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)
- 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 199701TD00002 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 1997.