A312 crash in Hounslow on 26 March 2002 at 11:35 involving a Volvo bus
A Volvo bus and a Vauxhall Astravan were involved in a crash on the A312 in Hounslow at 11:35 on Tuesday 26 March 2002. The 53-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astravan was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Mar 2002
- Tuesday, 11:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo and Vauxhall Astravan
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45429, longitude -0.40773, in the TW14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hounslow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hanworth Park, Hounslow, TW13 5AD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200201TX00293
- Council area
- Hounslow
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 312
- 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
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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 June 2016.
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A312 in Hounslow, 4 June 2016
At the same spotRef 201601TX20472
Slight
Car crash on the A312 in Hounslow, 14 June 2001
At the same spotRef 200101TX00606
Slight
Peugeot Speedfight crash on the A312 in Hounslow, 17 December 1997
At the same spotRef 199701TD00902
Slight
Car crash on the A312 in Hounslow, 4 October 1988
10 m awayRef 198801TD00649
Slight
Car crash on the A312 in Hounslow, 2 April 1987
10 m awayRef 198701TD00222
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A312 in Hounslow, 26 December 1990
10 m awayRef 199001TD00954
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 9,600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astravan
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astravan)
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 200201TX00293 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 2002.