A4 crash in Hounslow on 10 February 2016 at 14:50 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Hyundai Accent were involved in a crash on the A4 in Hounslow at 14:50 on Wednesday 10 February 2016. The 32-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Feb 2016
- Wednesday, 14:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Hyundai Accent
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48027, longitude -0.41359, in the TW5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hounslow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cranford, Hounslow, TW5 9RF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hounslow
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201601TX20127
- Council area
- Hounslow
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Dual 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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 31 October 2015.
Slight
Scania crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 31 October 2015
10 m awayRef 201501TX20800
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 2 May 2007
10 m awayRef 200701TX20243
Slight
Car crash on the A4 in Hillingdon, 6 September 1982
14 m awayRef 1982010IW0644
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 20 December 1993
14 m awayRef 199301TD00785
Slight
Van crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 9 May 1985
14 m awayRef 198501TD00266
Serious
Scooter crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 14 October 1986
14 m awayRef 198601TD00939
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,400 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Hyundai Accent
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 1,599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
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 201601TX20127 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.