A4005 crash in Harrow on 20 May 2023 at 10:20 involving a Volkswagen Passat
A Volkswagen Passat and a Toyota Auris were involved in a crash on the A4005 in Harrow at 10:20 on Saturday 20 May 2023. The 34-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Passat and the 31-year-old female driver of the Toyota Auris were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 May 2023
- Saturday, 10:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Passat and Toyota Auris
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56812, longitude -0.33971, in the HA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Harrow on the Hill, Harrow, HA2 0PJ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023010444044
- Council area
- Harrow
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4005
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 457
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 November 1993.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4005 in Harrow, 1 November 1993
2 m awayRef 199301QA00691
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A4005 in Harrow, 8 January 2012
2 m awayRef 201201QA10059
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A4005 in Harrow, 2 April 1998
2 m awayRef 199801QA00226
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the B457 in Harrow, 25 October 2005
2 m awayRef 200501QA10444
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A4005 in Harrow, 6 September 2007
2 m awayRef 200701QA10215
Serious
Nissan Sunny crash on the A4005 in Harrow, 2 October 2000
2 m awayRef 200001QA00571
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Auris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Passat)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Auris)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2023010444044 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 2023.