M4 crash in Hillingdon on 12 August 2002 at 18:10 involving a Suzuki GSX 600 motorcycle
A Suzuki GSX 600 motorcycle crashed on the M4 in Hillingdon at 18:10 on Monday 12 August 2002. The 29-year-old male rider was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Aug 2002
- Monday, 18:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Suzuki GSX 600
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49282, longitude -0.41777, in the UB3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pinkwell, Hillingdon, UB3 4LE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hillingdon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200201TX00744
- Council area
- Hillingdon
- 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
- 70 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 June 2003.
Serious
Carbodies Taxi crash on the M4 in Hillingdon, 26 June 2003
10 m awayRef 200301TE00233
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the M4 in Hillingdon, 18 October 2018
10 m awayRef 2018010139838
Slight
Audi TT crash on the M4 in Hillingdon, 29 July 2008
10 m awayRef 200801XH30482
Slight
Yamaha XJ 600 N crash on the M4 in Hillingdon, 31 January 2005
10 m awayRef 200501TE00079
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the M4 in Hillingdon, 21 September 2007
10 m awayRef 200701XH30472
Slight
Vauxhall Mokka crash on the M4 in Hillingdon, 1 April 2018
10 m awayRef 2018010099459
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSX 600
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 800 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 29, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSX 600)
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 200201TX00744 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hillingdon road accident statistics for 2002.