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Fatal A4 crash in Hounslow on 8 May 2016 at 21:38 involving a Piaggio Vespa motorcycle

A Piaggio Vespa motorcycle crashed on the A4 in Hounslow at 21:38 on Sunday 8 May 2016. The 28-year-old male rider was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
8 May 2016
Sunday, 21:38
Vehicles
1
Piaggio Vespa
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48894, longitude -0.27645, 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 4EJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Hounslow

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201601TD00054
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
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 January 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Piaggio Vespa

    Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    18 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 28, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio Vespa)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 201601TD00054 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.