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Serious A4 crash in Hounslow on 16 October 2002 at 17:05 involving a Suzuki motorcycle

A Suzuki motorcycle crashed on the A4 in Hounslow at 17:05 on Wednesday 16 October 2002. The 42-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Oct 2002
Wednesday, 17:05
Vehicles
1
Suzuki
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48875, longitude -0.27574, in the W4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hounslow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chiswick Gunnersbury, Hounslow, W4 4EJ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200201TX00983
Council area
Hounslow
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 June 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 42, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki)

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 200201TX00983 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.