A4 crash in Hounslow on 23 December 2016 at 20:48 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Honda SH 125 AD motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4 in Hounslow at 20:48 on Friday 23 December 2016. The 25-year-old male rider of the Honda SH 125 AD motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Dec 2016
- Friday, 20:48
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Honda SH 125 AD
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48755, longitude -0.26729, 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
- 2016010008639
- 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
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- C
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
- Wet or damp
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 16 December 2007.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on a C road in Hounslow, 16 December 2007
At the same spotRef 200701TX20752
Serious
Citroen ZX crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 11 January 2009
At the same spotRef 200901TX20022
Slight
Rover 100 Series crash on a C road in Hounslow, 28 December 2000
At the same spotRef 200001TX01445
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on a C road in Hounslow, 20 April 2001
At the same spotRef 200101TX00402
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 11 February 1998
At the same spotRef 199801TC00073
Slight
Car crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 26 April 1982
At the same spotRef 1982010TC0174
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,494 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda SH 125 AD
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 25, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda SH 125 AD)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2016010008639 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 2016.