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Serious A315 crash in Hounslow on 13 December 2001 at 16:15 involving a Suzuki GSXR 1000 motorcycle

A Suzuki GSXR 1000 motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A315 in Hounslow at 16:15 on Thursday 13 December 2001. A 35-year-old male pedestrian and the 26-year-old male rider were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Dec 2001
Thursday, 16:15
Vehicles
1
Suzuki GSXR 1000
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48628, longitude -0.29744, in the TW8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brentford West, Hounslow, TW8 0QL area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200101TX01378
Council area
Hounslow
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
315
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

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 11 February 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSXR 1000

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    988 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 35, hit by vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSXR 1000)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSXR 1000)

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 200101TX01378 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.