B461 crash in Harrow on 7 October 2003 at 18:49 involving a Volvo 940
A Volvo 940 and a Yamaha motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B461 in Harrow at 18:49 on Tuesday 7 October 2003. The 29-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Oct 2003
- Tuesday, 18:49
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo 940 and Yamaha
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60731, longitude -0.29696, in the HA8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Centenary, Harrow, HA7 1NP area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200301QA00571
- Council area
- Harrow
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 461
- 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
- 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 slight injury crash on 5 March 2005.
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the B461 in Harrow, 5 March 2005
At the same spotRef 200501QA10060
Slight
Van crash on the B461 in Harrow, 27 January 1983
At the same spotRef 1983010QA0057
Slight
Kawasaki KMX125 crash on the B461 in Harrow, 1 November 1991
At the same spotRef 199101QA00693
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B461 in Harrow, 11 July 2000
At the same spotRef 200001QA00442
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B461 in Harrow, 13 May 2013
At the same spotRef 201301QA10177
Slight
Hyundai Getz crash on the B461 in Harrow, 1 February 2010
At the same spotRef 201001QA10033
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo 940
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,986 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Yamaha
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 535 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 29, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha)
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 200301QA00571 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Harrow road accident statistics for 2003.