A4 crash in Hounslow on 16 January 2016 at 11:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A4 in Hounslow at 11:30 on Saturday 16 January 2016. The 30-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Jan 2016
- Saturday, 11:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48313, longitude -0.32809, in the TW7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hounslow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Osterley & Spring Grove, Hounslow, TW7 5HD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hounslow
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201601TX20042
- 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
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 August 2016.
Slight
Scania crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 25 August 2016
10 m awayRef 201601TX20640
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 30 November 1982
10 m awayRef 1982010TC0625
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 4 August 1992
10 m awayRef 199201TC00397
Slight
Car crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 26 September 2002
10 m awayRef 200201TX00926
Serious
Car crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 3 June 1987
10 m awayRef 198701TC00299
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 25 August 2000
14 m awayRef 200001TX00975
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 201601TX20042 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.