A40 crash in Hillingdon on 12 May 2022 at 11:41 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A motorcycle and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A40 in Hillingdon at 11:41 on Thursday 12 May 2022. The 37-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 May 2022
- Thursday, 11:41
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54787, longitude -0.39968, in the HA4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Ruislip, Hillingdon, HA4 6SZ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022010375956
- Council area
- Hillingdon
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 40
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4180
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 September 2020.
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A4180 in Hillingdon, 20 September 2020
4 m awayRef 2020010269305
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A40 in Hillingdon, 2 November 2012
4 m awayRef 201201XD80871
Slight
Rover 800 Series crash on the A4180 in Hillingdon, 28 March 1999
4 m awayRef 199901XH00272
Slight
Yamaha YZF R125 crash on the A40 in Hillingdon, 24 July 2019
6 m awayRef 2019010195558
Slight
Car crash on the A40 in Hillingdon, 26 September 2006
8 m awayRef 200601XH30628
Slight
Car crash on the A4180 in Hillingdon, 17 January 2005
8 m awayRef 200501TB00054
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 37, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2022010375956 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 2022.