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Serious A4 crash in Hounslow on 24 December 2002 at 03:52 involving a Hyundai X2

A Hyundai X2 crashed on the A4 in Hounslow at 03:52 on Tuesday 24 December 2002. The 22-year-old male driver was seriously injured and an 18-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Dec 2002
Tuesday, 03:52
Vehicles
1
Hyundai X2
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48226, longitude -0.3431, in the TW7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hounslow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Osterley & Spring Grove, Hounslow, TW7 5LZ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200201TX01263
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 23 January 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Hyundai X2

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,468 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai X2)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai X2)

    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 200201TX01263 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.