B491 crash in Hounslow on 15 April 2018 at 11:27 involving a Qingqi QM 125 motorcycle
A Qingqi QM 125 motorcycle and a Porsche Boxster were involved in a crash on the B491 in Hounslow at 11:27 on Sunday 15 April 2018. The 36-year-old male rider of the Qingqi QM 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Apr 2018
- Sunday, 11:27
- Vehicles
- 2
- Qingqi QM 125 and Porsche Boxster
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49525, longitude -0.25532, in the W4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hounslow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chiswick Gunnersbury, Hounslow, W4 2DE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hounslow
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010101856
- Council area
- Hounslow
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 491
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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 May 2005.
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the B491 in Hounslow, 21 May 2005
At the same spotRef 200501TX20276
Slight
Metrocab Metrocab crash on the B491 in Hounslow, 2 December 2011
At the same spotRef 201101TX20779
Slight
Car crash on the B491 in Hounslow, 12 December 2022
9 m awayRef 2022010415888
Slight
Volkswagen Touran crash on the B491 in Hounslow, 22 March 2012
10 m awayRef 201201TX20210
Slight
Car crash on the B491 in Hounslow, 25 September 1985
10 m awayRef 198501TC00483
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B491 in Hounslow, 14 July 1992
14 m awayRef 199201TC00366
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Qingqi QM 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Porsche Boxster
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 3,436 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 36, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Qingqi QM 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2018010101856 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hounslow road accident statistics for 2018.