M4 crash in Hounslow on 16 April 2008 at 17:45 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206, a Toyota Auris and a Seat Leon were involved in a crash on the M4 in Hounslow at 17:45 on Wednesday 16 April 2008. The 23-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 206 and the 35-year-old female driver of the Toyota Auris were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Apr 2008
- Wednesday, 17:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 206 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48978, longitude -0.39871, in the TW5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hounslow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Heston West, Hounslow, TW5 9JG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hounslow
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200801TX20215
- Council area
- Hounslow
- 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
- 50 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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 May 2016.
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the M4 in Hounslow, 27 May 2016
14 m awayRef 201601TX20415
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the M4 in Hounslow, 16 November 2022
18 m awayRef 2022010410993
Serious
Mini Cooper crash on the M4 in Hounslow, 30 October 2006
20 m awayRef 200601TX20678
Slight
Car crash on the M4 in Hounslow, 25 December 2007
22 m awayRef 200701TX20750
Serious
Lorry crash on the M4 in Hounslow, 2 September 1983
22 m awayRef 1983010TC0438
Slight
Car crash on the M4 in Hounslow, 28 July 1985
30 m awayRef 198501TC00361
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Auris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Seat Leon
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Auris)
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 200801TX20215 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 2008.