A4 crash in Hillingdon on 14 February 2018 at 20:45 involving a Volvo bus
A Volvo bus and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A4 in Hillingdon at 20:45 on Wednesday 14 February 2018. The 50-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Feb 2018
- Wednesday, 20:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48099, longitude -0.44352, in the TW6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hillingdon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Heathrow Villages, Hillingdon, UB3 5AY area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010090377
- Council area
- Hillingdon
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 April 2000.
Slight
Proton Proton crash on the A4 in Hillingdon, 16 April 2000
At the same spotRef 200001XH00349
Slight
Car crash on the A4 in Hillingdon, 17 March 1984
10 m awayRef 198401IW00182
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A4 in Hillingdon, 25 September 1995
10 m awayRef 199501XH00849
Serious
Audi A4 crash on the A4 in Hillingdon, 22 December 2018
10 m awayRef 2018010153897
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the A4 in Hillingdon, 16 June 2025
20 m awayRef 2025010581106
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A4 in Hillingdon, 21 October 1997
20 m awayRef 199701XH00988
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 5,132 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- 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 2018010090377 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hillingdon road accident statistics for 2018.