A4 crash in Hounslow on 22 July 2013 at 11:44 involving a Mercedes Sprinter van
A Mercedes Sprinter van and a Vauxhall Vivaro van were involved in a crash on the A4 in Hounslow at 11:44 on Monday 22 July 2013. The 28-year-old male driver of the Mercedes Sprinter van and the 57-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vivaro van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Jul 2013
- Monday, 11:44
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes Sprinter and Vauxhall Vivaro
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47951, longitude -0.41074, in the TW5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hounslow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cranford, Hounslow, TW5 9RF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hounslow
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201301TX20407
- 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
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 June 2001.
Slight
Mercedes Vito crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 13 June 2001
At the same spotRef 200101TX00612
Slight
Honda Concerto crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 3 January 2002
At the same spotRef 200201TX00012
Slight
Kawasaki EX305 crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 12 September 1997
At the same spotRef 199701TD00624
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 15 March 1997
At the same spotRef 199701TD00156
Slight
Renault 19 crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 3 June 2000
At the same spotRef 200001TX00591
Slight
Ford Galaxy crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 22 December 2009
At the same spotRef 200901TX20829
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes Sprinter)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 57, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vivaro)
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 201301TX20407 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 2013.