A4 crash in Slough on 11 September 2018 at 20:13 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A4 in Slough at 20:13 on Tuesday 11 September 2018. The 38-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo and a 43-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Sep 2018
- Tuesday, 20:13
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51048, longitude -0.59501, in the SL1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Slough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Slough Central, Slough, SL1 1DL area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018430286805
- Council area
- Slough
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 416
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 29 June 2020.
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Serious
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Serious
Alfa Romeo Mito crash on the A4 in Slough, 31 August 2014
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Slight
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BMW X5 crash on the A4 in Slough, 26 September 2020
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
- 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 2018430286805 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Slough road accident statistics for 2018.