A312 crash in Hounslow on 6 March 2023 at 05:50 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a van were involved in a crash on the A312 in Hounslow at 05:50 on Monday 6 March 2023. The 58-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Mar 2023
- Monday, 05:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and van
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49327, longitude -0.40999, in the TW5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Heston West, Hounslow, UB2 5XA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hounslow
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023010431394
- Council area
- Hounslow
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 312
- Road type
- Single 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
- Auto traffic signal
- 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
- 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, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 February 2020.
Slight
Renault Trucks crash on the A312 in Hounslow, 12 February 2020
11 m awayRef 2020010236071
Slight
Car crash on the A312 in Hounslow, 9 September 1986
11 m awayRef 198601TD00853
Slight
Car crash on the A312 in Hounslow, 19 March 2011
11 m awayRef 201101TX20138
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A312 in Hillingdon, 8 December 1994
11 m awayRef 199401XH01173
Slight
Car crash on the M4 in Hounslow, 23 November 1988
15 m awayRef 198801TD00772
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the A312 in Hounslow, 2 April 2006
18 m awayRef 200601XD80463
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Nearside
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2023010431394 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 2023.