A4 crash in Hounslow on 14 February 1998 at 15:19 involving a Suzuki Vitara
A Suzuki Vitara and a Fiat Uno were involved in a crash on the A4 in Hounslow at 15:19 on Saturday 14 February 1998. A 23-year-old female passenger in the Fiat Uno and the 20-year-old male driver of the Fiat Uno were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Feb 1998
- Saturday, 15:19
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki Vitara and Fiat Uno
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48302, longitude -0.32955, in the TW7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hounslow.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199801TC00082
- Council area
- Hounslow
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Dual 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 June 1984.
Serious
Car crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 4 June 1984
10 m awayRef 198401TC00312
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 21 August 2000
10 m awayRef 200001TX00906
Serious
Car crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 19 September 1994
10 m awayRef 199401TC00505
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 29 October 2007
14 m awayRef 200701TX20584
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 24 December 2015
14 m awayRef 201501TX20991
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 15 January 1999
14 m awayRef 199901TX00057
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Vitara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Uno
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Uno)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Uno)
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 199801TC00082 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 1998.