Serious unclassified road crash in Hounslow TW13 on 3 September 2018 at 16:05 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Kia Picanto were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Hounslow at 16:05 on Monday 3 September 2018. The 39-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo was seriously injured and the 55-year-old male driver of the Kia Picanto and a 51-year-old female passenger in the Kia Picanto were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 3 Sep 2018
- Monday, 16:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Kia Picanto
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44383, longitude -0.40794, in the TW13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hounslow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hanworth Park, Hounslow, TW13 5AD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010130431
- Council area
- Hounslow
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 January 2015.
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on an unclassified road in Hounslow, 24 January 2015
10 m awayRef 201501TX20054
Slight
BMW R Series crash on an unclassified road in Hounslow, 30 September 2025
21 m awayRef 2025010600972
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on an unclassified road in Hounslow, 28 February 2003
22 m awayRef 200301TX00191
Serious
Mercedes 200 crash on an unclassified road in Hounslow, 7 July 2009
22 m awayRef 200901TX20408
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Hounslow, 1 December 2022
30 m awayRef 2022010413933
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Hounslow, 11 March 1985
45 m awayRef 198501TD00136
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Kia Picanto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,086 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Picanto)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Picanto)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018010130431 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.