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M4 crash in Slough on 2 March 2000 at 18:10 involving a Mercedes SL Class

A Mercedes SL Class and a Rover 600 Series were involved in a crash on the M4 in Slough at 18:10 on Thursday 2 March 2000. The 39-year-old female driver of the Rover 600 Series was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Mar 2000
Thursday, 18:10
Vehicles
2
Mercedes SL Class and Rover 600 Series
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51096, longitude -0.6529, in the SL1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Slough.

Map of where the crash happened in Slough

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200043N073030
Council area
Slough
Police force
Thames Valley
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
4
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 February 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes SL Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years
    Engine capacity
    4,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 600 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 600 Series)

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 200043N073030 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Slough road accident statistics for 2000.