Serious A4140 crash in Harrow on 2 November 2018 at 17:05 involving a bicycle
A bicycle and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A4140 in Harrow at 17:05 on Friday 2 November 2018. The 63-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Nov 2018
- Friday, 17:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and other vehicle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59426, longitude -0.29195, in the HA7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kenton East, Harrow, HA3 9JH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Harrow
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010142988
- Council area
- Harrow
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4140
- 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
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 June 2001.
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A4140 in Harrow, 25 June 2001
At the same spotRef 200101QA00494
Serious
Car crash on the A4140 in Harrow, 19 November 1984
At the same spotRef 198401QA00800
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4140 in Harrow, 30 September 2025
3 m awayRef 2025010600925
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the A4140 in Harrow, 10 December 2019
8 m awayRef 2019010224100
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A4140 in Harrow, 17 February 2005
10 m awayRef 200501QA10044
Slight
Saab 9-3 crash on the A4140 in Harrow, 4 May 2011
10 m awayRef 201101QA10134
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousFemale, aged 63, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2018010142988 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Harrow road accident statistics for 2018.