A4 crash in Hounslow on 24 October 2014 at 17:40 involving a Yamaha XC 125 motorcycle
A Yamaha XC 125 motorcycle and a Renault Kangoo van were involved in a crash on the A4 in Hounslow at 17:40 on Friday 24 October 2014. The 23-year-old male rider of the Yamaha XC 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Oct 2014
- Friday, 17:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha XC 125 and Renault Kangoo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48743, longitude -0.26542, in the W4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hounslow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chiswick Gunnersbury, Hounslow, W4 2DE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hounslow
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201401TX20826
- 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
- 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
- Fine, 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
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 July 2022.
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 3 July 2022
8 m awayRef 2022010386254
Slight
Rover Sterling crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 19 January 2005
10 m awayRef 200501TE00044
Slight
Carbodies Taxi crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 27 September 1998
14 m awayRef 199801TD01066
Serious
Car crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 30 October 2017
14 m awayRef 2017010067097
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 13 September 2013
14 m awayRef 201301TX20738
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 5 November 2013
20 m awayRef 201301TX20737
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha XC 125
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Kangoo
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 23, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha XC 125)
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 201401TX20826 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 2014.