M4 crash in Hillingdon on 15 November 2018 at 16:45 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the M4 in Hillingdon at 16:45 on Thursday 15 November 2018. The 38-year-old male driver of the Honda Civic was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Nov 2018
- Thursday, 16:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Civic and bus or coach
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4959, longitude -0.45569, in the UB7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Heathrow Villages, Hillingdon, UB7 9HG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hillingdon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010146074
- Council area
- Hillingdon
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- 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 22 December 2002.
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the M4 in Hillingdon, 22 December 2002
At the same spotRef 200201TX01248
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the M4 in Hillingdon, 23 September 1997
10 m awayRef 199701TC00526
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the M4 in Hillingdon, 30 June 1991
10 m awayRef 199101XY00321
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the M4 in Hillingdon, 3 September 1992
10 m awayRef 199201TC00457
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the M4 in Hillingdon, 16 May 2004
10 m awayRef 200401TE00379
Serious
Car crash on the M4 in Hillingdon, 11 July 1988
10 m awayRef 198801TC00359
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,204 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018010146074 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hillingdon road accident statistics for 2018.