Serious A4 crash in Hounslow on 28 December 2000 at 01:25 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Volvo 245 were involved in a crash on the A4 in Hounslow at 01:25 on Thursday 28 December 2000. The 20-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 20-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta were seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 28 Dec 2000
- Thursday, 01:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Volvo 245
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48767, longitude -0.26915, in the W4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hounslow.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200001TX01429
- Council area
- Hounslow
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 February 2016.
Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 29 February 2016
14 m awayRef 201601TX20178
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 23 May 1998
20 m awayRef 199801TD00430
Slight
Carbodies Taxi crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 28 August 1990
20 m awayRef 199001TC00530
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 21 March 2009
22 m awayRef 200901TX20175
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 19 February 2013
22 m awayRef 201301TX20156
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 23 May 2003
22 m awayRef 200301TE00125
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo 245
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,315 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 200001TX01429 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 2000.