Serious A404 crash in Brent on 27 November 2017 at 19:55 involving a Toyota Corolla
A Toyota Corolla and a Piaggio Vespa motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A404 in Brent at 19:55 on Monday 27 November 2017. The 34-year-old male rider of the Piaggio Vespa motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 27 Nov 2017
- Monday, 19:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Corolla and Piaggio Vespa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53491, longitude -0.24328, in the NW10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brent. It is one of the crashes that make up the Harlesden & Kensal Green, Brent, NW10 5NA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Brent
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010073269
- Council area
- Brent
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 404
- 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
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 July 2015.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A404 in Brent, 11 July 2015
At the same spotRef 201501QK50479
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the A404 in Brent, 7 April 2019
9 m awayRef 2019010173859
Slight
Car crash on the A404 in Brent, 26 December 1985
10 m awayRef 198501QK00901
Serious
Car crash on the A404 in Brent, 23 January 1982
10 m awayRef 1982010QK0029
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A404 in Brent, 7 December 1983
10 m awayRef 1983010QK0863
Slight
Honda ANF125 crash on the A404 in Brent, 16 October 2016
14 m awayRef 2016010027432
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,332 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Piaggio Vespa
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 278 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 34, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Piaggio Vespa)
- 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 2017010073269 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Brent road accident statistics for 2017.