A404 crash in Brent on 17 December 2016 at 22:22 involving a Volvo bus
A Volvo bus crashed on the A404 in Brent at 22:22 on Saturday 17 December 2016. An 8-year-old male passenger, a 36-year-old male passenger and an 8-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Dec 2016
- Saturday, 22:22
- Vehicles
- 1
- Volvo
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53375, longitude -0.2416, in the NW10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brent. It is one of the crashes that make up the Harlesden & Kensal Green, Brent, NW10 5NA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Brent
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016010007542
- Council area
- Brent
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 404
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Authorised person
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4002
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 April 2009.
Slight
Honda CG125 crash on the A404 in Brent, 20 April 2009
At the same spotRef 200901QK50207
Serious
Vauxhall Belmont crash on the A404 in Brent, 2 July 2000
At the same spotRef 200001QK00335
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A404 in Brent, 13 July 2012
At the same spotRef 201201QK50414
Slight
Yamaha FZ6 crash on the A404 in Brent, 10 June 2013
At the same spotRef 201301QK50306
Slight
Vauxhall Tigra crash on the A404 in Brent, 22 March 2003
10 m awayRef 200301QK00278
Slight
Volvo crash on the A404 in Brent, 18 May 2023
12 m awayRef 2023010443919
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Volvo
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 9,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 8, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 36, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 8, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
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 2016010007542 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Brent road accident statistics for 2016.