A316 crash in Hounslow on 18 October 2012 at 17:55 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a car were involved in a crash on the A316 in Hounslow at 17:55 on Thursday 18 October 2012. The 29-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Oct 2012
- Thursday, 17:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43637, longitude -0.37958, in the TW13 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hanworth Village, Hounslow, TW13 6BB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hounslow
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201201TX20672
- Council area
- Hounslow
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 316
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 312
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 July 2023.
Slight
MAN crash on the A316 in Hounslow, 26 July 2023
5 m awayRef 2023010457393
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A312 in Hounslow, 13 October 2025
8 m awayRef 2025010603429
Slight
Car crash on the A316 in Hounslow, 29 September 1988
10 m awayRef 198801TD00643
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A316 in Hounslow, 19 December 2012
10 m awayRef 201201TX20793
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A316 in Hounslow, 24 July 2004
10 m awayRef 200401TW00299
Slight
Honda NH80MD crash on the A316 in Hounslow, 14 October 1998
10 m awayRef 199801TD01081
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 201201TX20672 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.