M4 crash in Hounslow on 19 February 2001 at 19:00 involving a Ford Fiesta
A car, a Ford Fiesta and a Peugeot 306 were involved in a crash on the M4 in Hounslow at 19:00 on Monday 19 February 2001. The 25-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 53-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 306 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Feb 2001
- Monday, 19:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fiesta and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48771, longitude -0.38554, in the TW5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hounslow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Heston West, Hounslow, TW5 9JG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200101TX00191
- Council area
- Hounslow
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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 4 December 2001.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M4 in Hounslow, 4 December 2001
At the same spotRef 200101TX01282
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the M4 in Hounslow, 17 May 1999
14 m awayRef 199901TX00461
Slight
Van crash on the M4 in Hounslow, 14 September 1987
14 m awayRef 198701TC00498
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the M4 in Hounslow, 20 August 2010
14 m awayRef 201001TX20543
Slight
Car crash on the M4 in Hounslow, 2 July 1988
14 m awayRef 198801TC00344
Slight
Rover Mini crash on the M4 in Hounslow, 17 July 2007
14 m awayRef 200701TX20414
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,118 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,761 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Peugeot 306)
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 200101TX00191 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.