A4 crash in Hounslow on 31 December 2022 at 17:06 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a BMW X3 were involved in a crash on the A4 in Hounslow at 17:06 on Saturday 31 December 2022. The 23-year-old male driver of the Audi A3 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 2022
- Saturday, 17:06
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and BMW X3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49134, longitude -0.29344, in the TW8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chiswick Riverside, Hounslow, W4 3AU area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022010419114
- Council area
- Hounslow
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Motorway
- Second road number
- 4
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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 14 November 2019.
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the M4 in Hounslow, 14 November 2019
4 m awayRef 2019010218449
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the M4 in Hounslow, 27 March 1997
5 m awayRef 199701TC00165
Slight
Car crash on the A4 in Hounslow, 14 January 1989
5 m awayRef 198901TC00020
Slight
Car crash on the M4 in Hounslow, 21 October 1988
5 m awayRef 198801TC00582
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the M4 in Hounslow, 4 April 2004
8 m awayRef 200401TE00377
Slight
Honda CBR600 crash on the M4 in Hounslow, 10 September 2013
8 m awayRef 201301TX20524
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,395 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW X3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
- 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 2022010419114 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hounslow road accident statistics for 2022.