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Serious C road crash in Hounslow TW5 on 9 January 2001 at 17:35 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a bicycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Hounslow at 17:35 on Tuesday 9 January 2001. The 50-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened after dark on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Jan 2001
Tuesday, 17:35
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48335, longitude -0.38252, in the TW5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hounslow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Heston Central, Hounslow, TW5 0JA area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200101TX00082
Council area
Hounslow
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 September 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 50, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 200101TX00082 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 2001.