C road crash in Hounslow UB2 on 18 March 2008 at 20:48 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A car and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on a C road in Hounslow at 20:48 on Tuesday 18 March 2008. The 55-year-old female driver of the car and the 25-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Mar 2008
- Tuesday, 20:48
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49807, longitude -0.40678, in the UB2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hounslow. 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 Hounslow
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200801TX20228
- Council area
- Hounslow
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 August 2013.
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Hounslow, 3 August 2013
At the same spotRef 201301TX20459
Slight
Peugeot Partner crash on a C road in Hounslow, 11 December 2016
At the same spotRef 2016010006471
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on a C road in Hounslow, 24 June 2018
At the same spotRef 2018010116906
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on a C road in Hounslow, 29 May 2024
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Serious
BMW 7 Series crash on a C road in Hounslow, 27 December 2023
5 m awayRef 2023010486104
Serious
Ford Transit Custom crash on a C road in Hounslow, 20 December 2022
9 m awayRef 2022010417739
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 200801TX20228 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.