M4 crash in Slough on 14 December 2014 at 17:00 involving a Toyota Yaris
A Toyota Yaris and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the M4 in Slough at 17:00 on Sunday 14 December 2014. The 47-year-old male driver of the Toyota Yaris was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Dec 2014
- Sunday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Yaris and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49309, longitude -0.51613, in the SL0 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Colnbrook & Poyle, Slough, SL3 0EL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Slough
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201443R113124
- Council area
- Slough
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 August 2010.
Slight
Volkswagen Tiguan crash on the M4 in Slough, 29 August 2010
3 m awayRef 201043R206080
Slight
Car crash on the M4 in Slough, 22 January 2016
8 m awayRef 201643R242016
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the M4 in Slough, 16 December 2009
9 m awayRef 200943R170129
Slight
Daewoo Lanos crash on the M4 in Slough, 15 March 2002
9 m awayRef 200243W398032
Slight
Hyundai i30 crash on the M4 in Slough, 23 March 2014
10 m awayRef 201443R161034
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the M4 in Slough, 3 December 2007
11 m awayRef 200743R200127
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,329 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)
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 201443R113124 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Slough road accident statistics for 2014.