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Serious A315 crash in Hounslow on 26 April 2008 at 19:02 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A315 in Hounslow at 19:02 on Saturday 26 April 2008. The 18-year-old female rider was seriously injured and a 26-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Apr 2008
Saturday, 19:02
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49295, longitude -0.24951, in the W4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hounslow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chiswick Homefields, Hounslow, W4 1EL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Hounslow

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200801TX20276
Council area
Hounslow
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
315
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
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 29 August 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North 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
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    499 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 200801TX20276 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.