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M4 crash in Slough on 26 March 2024 at 19:22 involving a Ford Transit Custom lorry

A Ford Transit Custom lorry and a car were involved in a crash on the M4 in Slough at 19:22 on Tuesday 26 March 2024. The 29-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit Custom lorry and a 20-year-old male passenger in the Ford Transit Custom lorry were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Mar 2024
Tuesday, 19:22
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit Custom and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49189, longitude -0.54449, in the SL3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Langley Foxborough, Slough, SL3 8UQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Slough

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024430140941
Council area
Slough
Police force
Thames Valley
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
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
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
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 August 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit Custom

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit Custom)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit Custom)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least 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 2024430140941 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Slough road accident statistics for 2024.