A4020 crash in Hillingdon on 25 August 2024 at 02:00 involving a Mercedes C Class
A car and a Mercedes C Class were involved in a crash on the A4020 in Hillingdon at 02:00 on Sunday 25 August 2024. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Aug 2024
- Sunday, 02:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Mercedes C Class
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51485, longitude -0.39599, in the UB4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hillingdon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Belmore, Hillingdon, UB4 0HF area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024010528678
- Council area
- Hillingdon
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4020
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4020
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 October 2023.
Slight
Jaguar XF Series crash on the A4020 in Hillingdon, 14 October 2023
2 m awayRef 2023010471948
Slight
Car crash on the A4020 in Hillingdon, 10 September 1989
3 m awayRef 198901XY00395
Slight
Car crash on the A4020 in Hillingdon, 6 June 1985
3 m awayRef 198501XY00266
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the A4020 in Hillingdon, 12 April 1999
3 m awayRef 199901XH00316
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the A4020 in Hillingdon, 29 November 2023
4 m awayRef 2023010480989
Slight
MCW crash on the A4020 in Hillingdon, 7 August 1995
7 m awayRef 199501XH00700
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- 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
- Engine capacity
- 2,148 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
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 2024010528678 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 2024.