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Serious M4 crash in Hillingdon on 26 July 2005 at 10:15 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van crashed on the M4 in Hillingdon at 10:15 on Tuesday 26 July 2005. The 32-year-old male driver and a 50-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Jul 2005
Tuesday, 10:15
Vehicles
1
Ford Transit
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49276, longitude -0.41316, in the UB3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Heston West, Hounslow, UB2 5XA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Hillingdon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200501TX20450
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
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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

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 4 June 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    2,402 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 50, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

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 200501TX20450 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 2005.