A312 crash in Hounslow on 18 July 2017 at 07:40 involving a Mercedes E Class
A Mercedes E Class and a MAN lorry were involved in a crash on the A312 in Hounslow at 07:40 on Tuesday 18 July 2017. The 47-year-old female driver of the Mercedes E Class 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
- 18 Jul 2017
- Tuesday, 07:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes E Class and MAN
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47741, longitude -0.40462, in the TW4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hounslow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cranford, Hounslow, TW5 9UT area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010049013
- Council area
- Hounslow
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 312
- 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
- Authorised person
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 November 2016.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A312 in Hounslow, 21 November 2016
At the same spotRef 2016010002554
Serious
Van crash on the A312 in Hounslow, 27 January 2015
At the same spotRef 201501TX20092
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A312 in Hounslow, 23 October 2014
At the same spotRef 201401TX20997
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A312 in Hounslow, 23 November 2013
At the same spotRef 201301TX20768
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A312 in Hounslow, 16 March 2000
At the same spotRef 200001TX00273
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A312 in Hounslow, 31 August 2017
At the same spotRef 2017010056739
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: MAN
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes E Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2017010049013 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.