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A4 crash in Hounslow on 27 September 1998 at 13:00 involving a Carbodies Taxi

A Carbodies Taxi and a Honda motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4 in Hounslow at 13:00 on Sunday 27 September 1998. The 31-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle was 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
27 Sep 1998
Sunday, 13:00
Vehicles
2
Carbodies Taxi and Honda
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48758, longitude -0.26558, in the W4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hounslow.

Map of where the crash happened in Hounslow

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801TD01066
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 slight injury crash on 24 April 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Carbodies Taxi

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    2,664 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    400 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda)

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 199801TD01066 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.