A4 crash in Hounslow on 24 April 2009 at 08:00 involving a Volkswagen Sharan
Two cars, a Volkswagen Sharan and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A4 in Hounslow at 08:00 on Friday 24 April 2009. The 30-year-old male cyclist and the 28-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Apr 2009
- Friday, 08:00
- Vehicles
- 4
- Volkswagen Sharan and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47525, longitude -0.39505, in the TW5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hounslow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cranford, Hounslow, TW5 9UT area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200901TX20235
- Council area
- Hounslow
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 November 1993.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 12 November 1993
At the same spotRef 199301TD00719
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 14 July 2013
At the same spotRef 201301TX20371
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 24 April 1994
At the same spotRef 199401TD00254
Slight
Car crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 13 March 2003
At the same spotRef 200301TX00250
Serious
Mitsubishi Colt crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 17 July 1997
At the same spotRef 199701TD00486
Slight
Car crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 18 August 1983
At the same spotRef 1983010TD0470
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Sharan
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
Vehicle 4: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 30 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 30, on vehicle 4 (Bicycle)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 200901TX20235 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 2009.