A404 crash in Harrow on 4 October 2014 at 23:15 involving a BMW 5 Series
A BMW 5 Series, a Volkswagen Golf and a Saab 9-3 were involved in a crash on the A404 in Harrow at 23:15 on Saturday 4 October 2014. A 48-year-old female passenger in the Saab 9-3, a 48-year-old male passenger in the Saab 9-3 and a 48-year-old female passenger in the Saab 9-3 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Oct 2014
- Saturday, 23:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW 5 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59051, longitude -0.38031, in the HA5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pinner South, Harrow, HA5 1BJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Harrow
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201401QA10463
- Council area
- Harrow
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 404
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 7 February 1993.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A404 in Harrow, 7 February 1993
At the same spotRef 199301QA00085
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on a C road in Harrow, 11 October 2000
At the same spotRef 200001QA00660
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Harrow, 22 May 1992
At the same spotRef 199201QA00325
Serious
Car crash on the A404 in Harrow, 13 January 1982
10 m awayRef 1982010QA0029
Slight
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Harrow, 18 June 1985
10 m awayRef 198501QA00377
Serious
Car crash on the A404 in Harrow, 2 April 1982
10 m awayRef 1982010QA0222
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,595 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 3: Saab 9-3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,985 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Saab 9-3)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Saab 9-3)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Saab 9-3)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 201401QA10463 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.