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M4 crash in Hounslow on 29 August 2002 at 06:15 involving a Kawasaki VN800 motorcycle

A Kawasaki VN800 motorcycle crashed on the M4 in Hounslow at 06:15 on Thursday 29 August 2002. The 55-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Aug 2002
Thursday, 06:15
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki VN800
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49174, longitude -0.41118, in the TW5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Heston West, Hounslow, UB2 5XA area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200201TX00835
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
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
312

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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 March 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki VN800

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    805 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 55, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki VN800)

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 200201TX00835 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.