A4 crash in Hounslow on 13 May 2017 at 08:13 involving a Toyota Avensis
A Toyota Avensis and a taxi were involved in a crash on the A4 in Hounslow at 08:13 on Saturday 13 May 2017. The 54-year-old male driver of the Toyota Avensis and a 47-year-old male passenger in the taxi were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 May 2017
- Saturday, 08:13
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Avensis and taxi
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48721, longitude -0.2526, 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 2DE area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010037169
- 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
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 316
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 October 2007.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 19 October 2007
At the same spotRef 200701TX67587
Slight
Volvo XC90 crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 16 December 2016
At the same spotRef 2016010007262
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 7 August 2007
At the same spotRef 200701BS70420
Slight
Toyota RAV4 crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 28 April 2008
At the same spotRef 200801TX20282
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 15 August 1999
At the same spotRef 199901TX00802
Slight
BMW R 1150 GS crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 1 October 2002
At the same spotRef 200201TX00943
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Taxi
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,446 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Avensis)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 47, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 2017010037169 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 2017.