B461 crash in Harrow on 24 May 2014 at 15:00 involving a Mercedes E Class
A car and a Mercedes E Class were involved in a crash on the B461 in Harrow at 15:00 on Saturday 24 May 2014. The 42-year-old male driver of the car and a 16-year-old male passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 May 2014
- Saturday, 15:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Mercedes E Class
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60884, longitude -0.28448, in the HA8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Edgware, Harrow, HA8 6LL area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201401QA10236
- Council area
- Harrow
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 461
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- Daylight
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 November 2000.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B461 in Harrow, 23 November 2000
10 m awayRef 200001QA09024
Slight
Car crash on the B461 in Harrow, 29 January 1987
14 m awayRef 198701QA00046
Slight
Car crash on the B461 in Harrow, 17 May 2016
14 m awayRef 201601QA10228
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B461 in Harrow, 23 July 2022
16 m awayRef 2022010390451
Slight
Van crash on the B461 in Harrow, 5 October 1984
22 m awayRef 198401QA00673
Slight
Renault crash on the B461 in Harrow, 6 December 2014
22 m awayRef 201401QA10548
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 2,685 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- 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 201401QA10236 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 2014.