Fatal A404 crash in Harrow on 19 July 2020 at 01:30 involving a Peugeot 208
A Peugeot 208 and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A404 in Harrow at 01:30 on Sunday 19 July 2020. The 21-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was killed.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 19 Jul 2020
- Sunday, 01:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 208 and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59946, longitude -0.39887, in the HA5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pinner, Harrow, HA5 3YY area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020010257308
- Council area
- Harrow
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 404
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- 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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 October 1982.
Serious
Car crash on the A404 in Harrow, 17 October 1982
14 m awayRef 1982010QA0701
Serious
Van crash on the A404 in Harrow, 9 May 1987
28 m awayRef 198701QA00278
Slight
Dacia Jogger crash on the A404 in Harrow, 11 December 2025
28 m awayRef 2025010614780
Slight
Car crash on the A404 in Harrow, 23 February 1986
29 m awayRef 198601QA00141
Slight
Metrocab Metrocab crash on the A404 in Harrow, 1 March 2007
32 m awayRef 200701QA10081
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A404 in Harrow, 5 June 1993
33 m awayRef 199301QA00333
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 208
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
FatalMale, aged 21, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2020010257308 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 2020.