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A4 crash in Hounslow on 17 December 2012 at 22:43 involving a Mercedes A Class

A Mercedes A Class and a car were involved in a crash on the A4 in Hounslow at 22:43 on Monday 17 December 2012. The 64-year-old male driver of the Mercedes A Class and the 20-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Dec 2012
Monday, 22:43
Vehicles
2
Mercedes A Class and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48986, longitude -0.30897, in the TW8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hounslow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brentford West, Hounslow, TW8 0QL area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201201TX20796
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
50 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
452

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, 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
11%
Estimated chance it was slight
89%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 October 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes A Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes A Class)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, 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 201201TX20796 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.