A4140 crash in Harrow on 8 October 2012 at 23:15 involving a London Taxis Int. TX4
A London Taxis Int. TX4 and a Nissan Almera were involved in a crash on the A4140 in Harrow at 23:15 on Monday 8 October 2012. The 54-year-old male driver of the London Taxis Int. TX4 and the 42-year-old male driver of the Nissan Almera were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Oct 2012
- Monday, 23:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- London Taxis Int. TX4 and Nissan Almera
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59466, longitude -0.29252, in the HA7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kenton East, Harrow, HA3 9JH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Harrow
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201201QA10332
- Council area
- Harrow
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4140
- Road type
- Slip road
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 11 September 1983.
Serious
Car crash on the A4140 in Harrow, 11 September 1983
At the same spotRef 1983010QA0608
Slight
Toyota crash on the A4140 in Harrow, 28 October 2018
At the same spotRef 2018010141817
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4140 in Harrow, 24 April 1987
At the same spotRef 198701QA00244
Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the A4140 in Harrow, 18 May 2019
3 m awayRef 2019010181647
Slight
Rover Montego crash on the A4140 in Harrow, 24 October 1996
10 m awayRef 199601QA00724
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4140 in Harrow, 16 June 1999
10 m awayRef 199901QA00404
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: London Taxis Int. TX4
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Almera
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
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (London Taxis Int. TX4)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Almera)
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 201201QA10332 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 2012.