A408 crash in Hillingdon on 25 December 2018 at 15:10 involving a Mazda 3
A Mazda 3 and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on the A408 in Hillingdon at 15:10 on Tuesday 25 December 2018. The 45-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Zafira was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Dec 2018
- Tuesday, 15:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mazda 3 and Vauxhall Zafira
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4974, longitude -0.45333, in the UB7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Heathrow Villages, Hillingdon, UB7 9HG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010154356
- Council area
- Hillingdon
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 408
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- C
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 June 2003.
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the M4 in Hillingdon, 11 June 2003
At the same spotRef 200301TE00205
Slight
Car crash on the M4 in Hillingdon, 27 July 1989
At the same spotRef 198901TC00457
Slight
Alfa Romeo Giulia crash on the A408 in Hillingdon, 14 September 2022
3 m awayRef 2022010399256
Slight
Mercedes crash on the M4 in Hillingdon, 12 December 2008
10 m awayRef 200801XH30846
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A408 in Hillingdon, 23 October 2012
10 m awayRef 201201XH30655
Slight
Land Rover Defender crash on the A408 in Hillingdon, 6 September 2012
10 m awayRef 201201XH30533
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- 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 2018010154356 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.