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A4 crash in Hounslow on 23 August 2018 at 16:05 involving a Mercedes Viano taxi

A Mercedes Viano taxi and an Audi Q5 were involved in a crash on the A4 in Hounslow at 16:05 on Thursday 23 August 2018. The 35-year-old male driver of the Mercedes Viano taxi was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Aug 2018
Thursday, 16:05
Vehicles
2
Mercedes Viano and Audi Q5
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4872, longitude -0.25232, 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
2018010128928
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
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
4

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight

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 25 July 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes Viano

    Taxi or private hire car

    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    2,143 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Audi Q5

    Car

    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    2,967 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes Viano)

    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 2018010128928 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.