A30 crash in Hounslow on 16 July 2003 at 07:45 involving a Vauxhall Calibra
A Vauxhall Calibra and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A30 in Hounslow at 07:45 on Wednesday 16 July 2003. The 23-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Calibra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Jul 2003
- Wednesday, 07:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Calibra and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4718, longitude -0.40597, in the TW4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hounslow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cranford, Hounslow, TW5 9UT area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200301TE00318
- Council area
- Hounslow
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 30
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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 serious injury crash on 28 February 2008.
Serious
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A30 in Hounslow, 28 February 2008
At the same spotRef 200801TX20122
Slight
Scania crash on the A30 in Hounslow, 31 October 2017
At the same spotRef 2017010067403
Serious
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A30 in Hounslow, 28 November 2025
6 m awayRef 2025010612246
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A30 in Hounslow, 11 November 2016
10 m awayRef 2016010001152
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A30 in Hounslow, 24 August 2005
10 m awayRef 200501TX20528
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A30 in Hounslow, 8 April 2000
10 m awayRef 200001TX00373
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Calibra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Calibra)
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 200301TE00318 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 2003.