A437 crash in Hillingdon on 9 August 2025 at 14:18 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A437 in Hillingdon at 14:18 on Saturday 9 August 2025. The 26-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Aug 2025
- Saturday, 14:18
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49692, longitude -0.42722, in the UB3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hillingdon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Heathrow Villages, Hillingdon, UB3 5AA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hillingdon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025010591134
- 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
- A
- First road number
- 437
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 464
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 October 1991.
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A437 in Hillingdon, 26 October 1991
6 m awayRef 199101XY00517
Slight
Car crash on the A437 in Hillingdon, 7 February 1983
6 m awayRef 1983010XR0114
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A437 in Hillingdon, 20 August 1993
6 m awayRef 199301XH00798
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A437 in Hillingdon, 11 August 1987
6 m awayRef 198701XY00311
Slight
Car crash on the A437 in Hillingdon, 21 November 1985
6 m awayRef 198501XY00546
Slight
Car crash on the A437 in Hillingdon, 13 December 1982
6 m awayRef 1982010XR1110
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2025010591134 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 2025.