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A4 crash in Hounslow on 22 August 2018 at 14:00 involving a Volkswagen Tiguan

A Volkswagen Tiguan and a Mercedes C Class were involved in a crash on the A4 in Hounslow at 14:00 on Wednesday 22 August 2018. The 64-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Tiguan and a female passenger in the Volkswagen Tiguan 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
22 Aug 2018
Wednesday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Tiguan and Mercedes C Class
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47788, longitude -0.37306, in the TW5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hounslow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Heston Central, Hounslow, TW5 0JA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Hounslow

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018010128558
Council area
Hounslow
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

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
3063

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
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 August 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Tiguan

    Car

    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class

    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
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Tiguan)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Tiguan)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    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 2018010128558 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.