M4 crash in Hounslow on 25 April 2012 at 22:55 involving a Jaguar S Type
A Jaguar S Type, a Skoda Octavia and a Mazda 3 were involved in a crash on the M4 in Hounslow at 22:55 on Wednesday 25 April 2012. The male driver of the Mazda 3 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Apr 2012
- Wednesday, 22:55
- Vehicles
- 3
- Jaguar S Type and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49155, longitude -0.28269, in the W4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hounslow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chiswick Riverside, Hounslow, W4 3AU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hounslow
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201201TX20211
- 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
- 40 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
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 August 1990.
Slight
Honda C90E crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 10 August 1990
At the same spotRef 199001TC00482
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A205 in Hounslow, 3 March 2011
At the same spotRef 201101TX20114
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on the A406 in Hounslow, 16 September 1996
At the same spotRef 199601TC00473
Slight
Car crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 19 December 2003
At the same spotRef 200301TX01044
Slight
Car crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 12 March 1989
At the same spotRef 198901TC00138
Serious
Smart Fortwo crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 2 February 2023
5 m awayRef 2023010424932
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Jaguar S Type
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 2,967 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Mazda 3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Mazda 3)
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 201201TX20211 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 2012.