Unclassified road crash at Heathrow Airport TW6 on 18 November 2019 at 18:30 involving a Toyota Prius
A Toyota Prius and a Mercedes E Class were involved in a crash on an unclassified road at Heathrow Airport at 18:30 on Monday 18 November 2019. The 45-year-old male driver of the Toyota Prius was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Nov 2019
- Monday, 18:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Prius and Mercedes E Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47201, longitude -0.45376, in the TW6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hillingdon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Heathrow Villages, Hillingdon, TW6 1PY area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010219236
- Council area
- Heathrow Airport
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- London Airport (Heathrow)
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 July 1996.
Slight
Ford Granada crash on an unclassified road at Heathrow Airport, 10 July 1996
6 m awayRef 199601ID00072
Slight
Ford Granada crash on an unclassified road at Heathrow Airport, 8 September 1997
6 m awayRef 199701ID00103
Slight
Toyota Hiace crash on an unclassified road at Heathrow Airport, 10 August 1995
6 m awayRef 199501ID00059
Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on an unclassified road in Hillingdon, 16 November 2019
15 m awayRef 2019010219613
Serious
Honda CBR900RR crash on an unclassified road in Hillingdon, 20 November 2003
16 m awayRef 200301ID00086
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on an unclassified road at Heathrow Airport, 17 August 2025
18 m awayRef 2025010592397
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Prius
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 23 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Prius)
- 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 2019010219236 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Heathrow Airport road accident statistics for 2019.