A4 crash in Hounslow on 7 May 1998 at 17:40 involving a Peugeot 405
A Peugeot 405, a Ford Transit minibus and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A4 in Hounslow at 17:40 on Thursday 7 May 1998. The 23-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 405 and a 23-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 405 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 May 1998
- Thursday, 17:40
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 405 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47934, longitude -0.36165, in the TW5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hounslow.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199801TD00367
- 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
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 October 2019.
Slight
Honda XL1000V crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 4 October 2019
4 m awayRef 2019010209452
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 4 February 2021
6 m awayRef 2021010291573
Serious
Land Rover Range Rover Velar crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 13 July 2025
9 m awayRef 2025010586406
Serious
Car crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 15 July 1985
10 m awayRef 198501TD00453
Slight
Car crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 28 November 1985
10 m awayRef 198501TC00621
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 1 May 2011
14 m awayRef 201101TX20206
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 405
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Minibus or motor caravan
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,990 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 405)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 405)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 199801TD00367 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.