Serious M4 crash in Hillingdon on 18 November 2003 at 16:51 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 and a Citroen Xantia were involved in a crash on the M4 in Hillingdon at 16:51 on Tuesday 18 November 2003. The 61-year-old female driver of the Citroen Xantia 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
- 18 Nov 2003
- Tuesday, 16:51
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and Citroen Xantia
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49426, longitude -0.48586, in the UB7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the West Drayton, Hillingdon, UB7 7UT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hillingdon
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200301TE00691
- Council area
- Hillingdon
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 December 1995.
Slight
Mercedes crash on the M4 in Hillingdon, 12 December 1995
14 m awayRef 199501TC00696
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the M4 in Hillingdon, 29 September 2015
14 m awayRef 201501XH30693
Slight
BMW X3 crash on the M4 in Hillingdon, 5 March 2019
19 m awayRef 2019010167002
Slight
Kawasaki ER500 crash on the M4 in Hillingdon, 24 December 1998
22 m awayRef 199801TD01381
Slight
Triumph Speed Triple crash on the M4 in Hillingdon, 21 June 2024
27 m awayRef 2024010518238
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the M4 in Hillingdon, 14 December 2022
28 m awayRef 2022010416417
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Citroen Xantia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xantia)
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 200301TE00691 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hillingdon road accident statistics for 2003.