A408 crash in Hillingdon on 1 September 2017 at 14:33 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Renault Trafic van were involved in a crash on the A408 in Hillingdon at 14:33 on Friday 1 September 2017. The 59-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Sep 2017
- Friday, 14:33
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Renault Trafic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51201, longitude -0.44967, in the UB11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hillingdon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Colham & Cowley, Hillingdon, UB8 3FH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hillingdon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010056907
- Council area
- Hillingdon
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 408
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
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 1 September 2016.
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A408 in Hillingdon, 1 September 2016
At the same spotRef 2016010021580
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A408 in Hillingdon, 17 August 1995
At the same spotRef 199501XH00729
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A408 in Hillingdon, 1 February 2006
At the same spotRef 200601XH30150
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A408 in Hillingdon, 10 September 2019
9 m awayRef 2019010204407
Slight
Mini One crash on the A408 in Hillingdon, 14 January 2023
9 m awayRef 2023010421334
Slight
Volkswagen Sharan crash on the A408 in Hillingdon, 23 December 2020
9 m awayRef 2020010286174
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,422 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Trafic
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
- 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 2017010056907 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hillingdon road accident statistics for 2017.