B4565 crash in Brent on 4 December 2017 at 16:49 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Suzuki GSR 750 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4565 in Brent at 16:49 on Monday 4 December 2017. The 28-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSR 750 motorcycle and a 29-year-old female passenger on the Suzuki GSR 750 motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Dec 2017
- Monday, 16:49
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Suzuki GSR 750
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55613, longitude -0.28617, in the HA9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brent. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wembley Hill, Brent, HA9 6AA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Brent
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010075306
- Council area
- Brent
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4565
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4565
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 June 2019.
Slight
Honda Insight crash on the B4565 in Brent, 24 June 2019
6 m awayRef 2019010189313
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B4565 in Brent, 5 April 2024
9 m awayRef 2024010503526
Slight
Nissan Bluebird crash on the A4179 in Brent, 12 December 1990
10 m awayRef 199001QD00799
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the B4565 in Brent, 10 August 2015
10 m awayRef 201501QK50612
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the B4565 in Brent, 13 July 2007
10 m awayRef 200701QK65198
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the B4565 in Brent, 22 October 2011
10 m awayRef 201101QK50583
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Suzuki GSR 750
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 749 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 28, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki GSR 750)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 29, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki GSR 750)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2017010075306 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.