A4140 crash in Harrow on 8 December 2017 at 21:25 involving a Mercedes C Class
Two Mercedes C Class cars were involved in a crash on the A4140 in Harrow at 21:25 on Friday 8 December 2017. The 49-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a male passenger in vehicle 1 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
- 8 Dec 2017
- Friday, 21:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59333, longitude -0.2904, in the HA7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Queensbury, Brent, NW9 9QR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Harrow
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010076590
- Council area
- Harrow
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4140
- 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
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4140
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 July 2010.
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A4140 in Harrow, 7 July 2010
At the same spotRef 201001QK50413
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the A4140 in Harrow, 30 August 2003
10 m awayRef 200301QK00881
Serious
Car crash on the A4140 in Harrow, 10 June 2011
10 m awayRef 201101TB01050
Slight
Kawasaki KLE500 crash on the A4140 in Harrow, 3 September 1997
10 m awayRef 199701QA00564
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4140 in Harrow, 2 September 2018
10 m awayRef 2018010130260
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A4140 in Harrow, 28 February 1996
10 m awayRef 199601QA00165
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,595 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2017010076590 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Harrow road accident statistics for 2017.