M4 crash in Hillingdon on 1 April 2018 at 13:24 involving a Vauxhall Mokka
A Vauxhall Mokka and a Mercedes A Class were involved in a crash on the M4 in Hillingdon at 13:24 on Sunday 1 April 2018. The 32-year-old female driver of the Mercedes A Class and a 31-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes A Class were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Apr 2018
- Sunday, 13:24
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Mokka and Mercedes A Class
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49287, longitude -0.41762, in the UB3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pinkwell, Hillingdon, UB3 4LE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hillingdon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010099459
- Council area
- Hillingdon
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 September 2007.
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the M4 in Hillingdon, 21 September 2007
At the same spotRef 200701XH30472
Slight
Car crash on the M4 in Hillingdon, 30 June 1984
10 m awayRef 198401TC00371
Slight
Taxi crash on the M4 in Hillingdon, 29 June 1989
10 m awayRef 198901TC00378
Slight
Suzuki GSX 600 crash on the M4 in Hillingdon, 12 August 2002
10 m awayRef 200201TX00744
Serious
Honda VFR 1200 crash on the M4 in Hillingdon, 12 September 2024
11 m awayRef 2024010531689
Slight
Car crash on the M4 in Hillingdon, 17 September 1988
14 m awayRef 198801TC00485
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Mokka
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes A Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes A Class)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2018010099459 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.