A409 crash in Harrow on 17 October 2008 at 19:56 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A409 in Harrow at 19:56 on Friday 17 October 2008. The 23-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 22-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Oct 2008
- Friday, 19:56
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59356, longitude -0.3353, in the HA3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Marlborough, Harrow, HA1 1XH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Harrow
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200801QA10376
- Council area
- Harrow
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 409
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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
- 26%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 74%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 August 1996.
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A409 in Harrow, 23 August 1996
At the same spotRef 199601QA00551
Slight
Car crash on the A409 in Harrow, 3 April 1984
At the same spotRef 198401QA00218
Slight
Car crash on the A409 in Harrow, 25 October 2001
At the same spotRef 200101QA00719
Slight
Volkswagen Corrado crash on the A409 in Harrow, 7 November 1995
At the same spotRef 199501QA00721
Serious
BMW K 100 RT crash on the A406 in Harrow, 22 December 1994
At the same spotRef 199401QA00818
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A409 in Harrow, 2 November 1983
At the same spotRef 1983010QA0757
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,595 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 23, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 22, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (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 200801QA10376 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Harrow road accident statistics for 2008.