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A315 crash in Hounslow on 12 August 2016 at 17:03 involving a Volvo bus

A Volvo bus crashed on the A315 in Hounslow at 17:03 on Friday 12 August 2016. All four casualties were 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
12 Aug 2016
Friday, 17:03
Vehicles
1
Volvo
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47047, longitude -0.3549, in the TW3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hounslow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hounslow Central, Hounslow, TW3 1ES area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201601TX20623
Council area
Hounslow
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
315
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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
10%
Estimated chance it was slight
90%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 December 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    9,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 72, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 47, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 68, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger
    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 201601TX20623 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.