A4008 crash in Harrow on 15 December 2013 at 01:50 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a Suzuki Swift were involved in a crash on the A4008 in Harrow at 01:50 on Sunday 15 December 2013. A 21-year-old male passenger in the Mercedes C Class, the 22-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Swift and a 23-year-old male passenger in the Suzuki Swift were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Dec 2013
- Sunday, 01:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and Suzuki Swift
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60995, longitude -0.35578, in the HA3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Harrow Weald, Harrow, HA3 6NB area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201301QA10447
- Council area
- Harrow
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4008
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 410
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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 6 May 2003.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4008 in Harrow, 6 May 2003
At the same spotRef 200301QA00320
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A410 in Harrow, 14 June 1996
At the same spotRef 199601QA00399
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A410 in Harrow, 28 February 1996
At the same spotRef 199601QA00163
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the A410 in Harrow, 2 July 1997
At the same spotRef 199701QA00428
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4008 in Harrow, 4 November 1995
At the same spotRef 199501QA00702
Slight
Rover 800 Series crash on the A410 in Harrow, 14 June 1996
At the same spotRef 199601QA00384
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Suzuki Swift
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Swift)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Swift)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 201301QA10447 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 2013.