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Serious A30 crash in Hillingdon on 26 December 2004 at 10:59 involving a Ford Transit Connect van

A Ford Transit Connect van and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the A30 in Hillingdon at 10:59 on Sunday 26 December 2004. The 25-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit Connect van was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Dec 2004
Sunday, 10:59
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit Connect and Vauxhall Vectra
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46654, longitude -0.42228, in the TW6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hillingdon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Heathrow Villages, Hillingdon, TW6 2GE area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200401TX00863
Council area
Hillingdon
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 January 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit Connect

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Gas bi-fuel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit Connect)

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 200401TX00863 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 2004.