B491 crash in Hounslow on 6 September 2005 at 22:11 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B491 in Hounslow at 22:11 on Tuesday 6 September 2005. The 30-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Sep 2005
- Tuesday, 22:11
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49465, longitude -0.25535, in the W4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hounslow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chiswick Gunnersbury, Hounslow, W4 2DE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hounslow
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200501TX20544
- Council area
- Hounslow
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 491
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 22%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 78%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 June 2008.
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the B491 in Hounslow, 26 June 2008
At the same spotRef 200801TX20383
Slight
Car crash on the B491 in Hounslow, 7 January 1996
At the same spotRef 199601TC00013
Serious
Bus crash on the B491 in Hounslow, 30 December 2014
At the same spotRef 201401TX29163
Slight
Car crash on the B491 in Hounslow, 15 August 1985
At the same spotRef 198501TC00396
Slight
Bus crash on the B491 in Hounslow, 3 April 1984
At the same spotRef 198401TC00185
Slight
Car crash on the B491 in Hounslow, 14 September 1996
10 m awayRef 199601TC00470
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 803 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 30, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 200501TX20544 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 2005.