Serious A404 crash in Harrow on 2 October 2002 at 19:39 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta, a Nissan Micra and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A404 in Harrow at 19:39 on Wednesday 2 October 2002. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Oct 2002
- Wednesday, 19:39
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fiesta and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59096, longitude -0.38072, in the HA5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pinner South, Harrow, HA5 1BJ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200201QA00641
- Council area
- Harrow
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 404
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 April 2007.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A404 in Harrow, 30 April 2007
10 m awayRef 200701QA10166
Slight
Suzuki UZ 125 crash on the A404 in Harrow, 20 November 2025
10 m awayRef 2025010610759
Slight
Car crash on the A404 in Harrow, 28 January 1982
22 m awayRef 1982010QA0072
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A404 in Harrow, 9 December 1983
28 m awayRef 1983010QA0856
Slight
Car crash on the A404 in Harrow, 12 November 1988
28 m awayRef 198801QA00868
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A404 in Harrow, 6 September 1989
28 m awayRef 198901QA00647
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,119 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,235 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
Casualty 3: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
- 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 200201QA00641 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Harrow road accident statistics for 2002.