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Unclassified road crash at Heathrow Airport TW6 on 16 December 2025 at 13:30 involving a Mercedes S Class taxi

A Mercedes S Class taxi hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road at Heathrow Airport at 13:30 on Tuesday 16 December 2025. A 35-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Dec 2025
Tuesday, 13:30
Vehicles
1
Mercedes S Class
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46008, longitude -0.43977, in the TW6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hillingdon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bedfont, Hounslow, TW14 9RG area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025010615762
Council area
Heathrow Airport
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
London Airport (Heathrow)

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 September 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes S Class

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    2,996 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    10 to 20 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes S Class)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 2025010615762 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Heathrow Airport road accident statistics for 2025.