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Unclassified road crash at Heathrow Airport TW6 on 20 December 2017 at 19:40 involving a Mercedes lorry

A Mercedes lorry hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road at Heathrow Airport at 19:40 on Wednesday 20 December 2017. A 59-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Dec 2017
Wednesday, 19:40
Vehicles
1
Mercedes
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45999, longitude -0.43977, in the TW6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hillingdon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bedfont, Hounslow, TW14 9RG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened at Heathrow Airport

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017010079407
Council area
Heathrow Airport
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
London Airport (Heathrow)

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 December 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    7,698 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 59, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 2017010079407 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Heathrow Airport road accident statistics for 2017.