A409 crash in Harrow on 1 September 2016 at 00:10 involving an Alexander Dennis bus
An Alexander Dennis bus and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A409 in Harrow at 00:10 on Thursday 1 September 2016. The 38-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Sep 2016
- Thursday, 00:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Alexander Dennis and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.62931, longitude -0.33832, in the HA7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bushey Heath, Hertsmere, WD23 1NG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016010022757
- Council area
- Harrow
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 409
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 August 2001.
Slight
Dennis crash on the A409 in Harrow, 30 August 2001
At the same spotRef 200101QA00578
Slight
Car crash on the A409 in Harrow, 16 December 1988
At the same spotRef 198801QA00977
Slight
Hyundai Elantra crash on the A409 in Harrow, 21 August 2005
At the same spotRef 200501QA10470
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A409 in Harrow, 3 May 1995
At the same spotRef 199501SA00423
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A409 in Harrow, 11 October 1997
10 m awayRef 199701QA00699
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A409 in Harrow, 24 February 1982
10 m awayRef 1982010QA0142
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Alexander Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,500 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- 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 2016010022757 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 2016.