A4 crash in Slough on 17 June 2017 at 08:40 involving a Mercedes Sprinter
A Mercedes Sprinter and a Mercedes E Class were involved in a crash on the A4 in Slough at 08:40 on Saturday 17 June 2017. The 56-year-old male driver of the Mercedes E Class, a 71-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes Sprinter and a 53-year-old male passenger in the Mercedes Sprinter were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Jun 2017
- Saturday, 08:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes Sprinter and Mercedes E Class
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51246, longitude -0.61254, in the SL1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Slough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chalvey, Slough, SL1 2NR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Slough
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017430181197
- Council area
- Slough
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 355
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 September 2024.
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A355 in Slough, 12 September 2024
2 m awayRef 2024430439752
Slight
Ford Galaxy crash on the A4 in Slough, 15 June 2025
4 m awayRef 2025430295573
Serious
Car crash on the A4 in Slough, 25 September 1986
5 m awayRef 198643C096096
Serious
Car crash on the A4 in Slough, 20 October 1984
5 m awayRef 198443C105104
Serious
Car crash on the A4 in Slough, 17 February 1980
5 m awayRef 198043C067020
Slight
Volkswagen crash on the A4 in Slough, 29 August 2000
5 m awayRef 200043W617080
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter
Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,987 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Hit object off carriageway
- Nearside or offside crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes E Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 71, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes Sprinter)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 53, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes Sprinter)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least 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 2017430181197 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Slough road accident statistics for 2017.