A404 crash in Brent on 6 October 2018 at 11:10 involving a Volkswagen Sharan taxi
A Volkswagen Sharan taxi and a Ford S-Max were involved in a crash on the A404 in Brent at 11:10 on Saturday 6 October 2018. The 52-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Sharan taxi was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Oct 2018
- Saturday, 11:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Sharan and Ford S-Max
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57187, longitude -0.32382, in the HA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Northwick Park, Brent, HA1 3GN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Brent
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010137579
- Council area
- Brent
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 404
- 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
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 August 1987.
Slight
Car crash on the A404 in Brent, 23 August 1987
20 m awayRef 198701QD00442
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A404 in Brent, 14 June 2004
22 m awayRef 200401QK00418
Slight
Car crash on the A404 in Brent, 2 October 1983
22 m awayRef 1983010QD0577
Slight
Car crash on the A404 in Brent, 5 October 1992
22 m awayRef 199201QD00546
Slight
Jaguar XF Series crash on the A404 in Brent, 20 December 2018
22 m awayRef 2018010153618
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A404 in Brent, 16 October 2021
31 m awayRef 2021010338000
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Sharan
Taxi or private hire car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford S-Max
Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 52, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Sharan)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least 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 2018010137579 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Brent road accident statistics for 2018.