C road crash in Hounslow UB2 on 19 September 2017 at 18:50 involving a Tesla Model S
A Tesla Model S and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on a C road in Hounslow at 18:50 on Tuesday 19 September 2017. A female passenger in the Volkswagen Polo and the male driver of the Volkswagen Polo were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Sep 2017
- Tuesday, 18:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Tesla Model S and Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49741, longitude -0.40032, in the UB2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hounslow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Heston West, Hounslow, UB2 5XA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hounslow
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010060774
- Council area
- Hounslow
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single 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
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 26 July 2011.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on a C road in Hounslow, 26 July 2011
At the same spotRef 201101TX20457
Slight
Scania crash on a C road in Hounslow, 21 July 2013
10 m awayRef 201301TX20380
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Hounslow, 18 March 1984
10 m awayRef 198401TD00149
Slight
Honda Pes 125 crash on a C road in Hounslow, 19 November 2025
12 m awayRef 2025010610271
Slight
Volkswagen LT 35 crash on a C road in Hounslow, 22 November 1991
14 m awayRef 199101TD00826
Slight
Audi A5 crash on a C road in Hounslow, 30 August 2012
20 m awayRef 201201TX20528
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Tesla Model S
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2017010060774 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.