M4 crash in Hillingdon on 26 October 2023 at 13:20 involving an MG 4
An MG 4 and a Vauxhall Insignia were involved in a crash on the M4 in Hillingdon at 13:20 on Thursday 26 October 2023. The 52-year-old female driver of the MG 4 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Oct 2023
- Thursday, 13:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- MG 4 and Vauxhall Insignia
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49256, longitude -0.41606, in the UB3 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 Hillingdon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023010474186
- Council area
- Hillingdon
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Slip road
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 September 1998.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M4 in Hillingdon, 13 September 1998
10 m awayRef 199801TD00908
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the M4 in Hillingdon, 15 December 2015
10 m awayRef 201501TX20935
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the M4 in Hillingdon, 9 August 1998
10 m awayRef 199801TD00770
Serious
Vauxhall Frontera crash on the M4 in Hillingdon, 24 July 2001
12 m awayRef 200101TX00776
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the M4 in Hillingdon, 28 February 2002
12 m awayRef 200201TX00218
Serious
Peugeot 307 crash on the M4 in Hillingdon, 20 May 2002
12 m awayRef 200201TX00494
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: MG 4
Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG 4)
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 2023010474186 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 2023.