A4090 crash in Harrow on 8 January 2016 at 17:00 involving a Suzuki Swift
A Suzuki Swift and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on the A4090 in Harrow at 17:00 on Friday 8 January 2016. The 47-year-old male driver of the Suzuki Swift and a 14-year-old female passenger in the Suzuki Swift were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Jan 2016
- Friday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki Swift and Volkswagen Passat
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57294, longitude -0.37141, in the HA2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrow. It is one of the crashes that make up the North Harrow, Harrow, HA2 7JL area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201601QA10017
- Council area
- Harrow
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4090
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Zebra crossing
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 December 1997.
Slight
Nissan Bluebird crash on the A4090 in Harrow, 12 December 1997
At the same spotRef 199701QA00842
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the A4090 in Harrow, 13 August 1995
At the same spotRef 199501QA00506
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the A4090 in Harrow, 26 September 2014
10 m awayRef 201401QA10442
Slight
Van crash on the A4090 in Harrow, 21 September 2007
10 m awayRef 200701QA10229
Slight
Peugeot Looxor crash on the A4090 in Harrow, 3 August 2005
10 m awayRef 200501QK50533
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A4090 in Harrow, 15 July 2008
10 m awayRef 200801QA10252
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Swift
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Swift)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Swift)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least 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 201601QA10017 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.