In the evening of December 31, a car accident occurred on a road near Heathrow Airport. Four British Airways flight attendants were hit by a truck, killing three people and seriously injuring another.
The victims were riding a white Toyota Yaris, colliding with a heavy truck at Stanwell in Surrey at 11.39 pm.
Two men, aged 25 and 23, and a 20-year-old woman died at the scene, while a 25-year-old man was taken to hospital where she was reported to be in serious condition. The truck driver was also taken to the hospital as a precautionary measure, but was not considered seriously injured.
After the car and van collided, the van left the road, broke through the fence, and eventually entered a river around the Heathrow.
Those killed in the car accident were flight attendants at British Airways. The airline said it “grieves him deeply.”
A local police spokesman said: “After a white Mercedes HGV and a white Toyota Yaris crash, emergency service personnel at the junction of Bei Defang Road and Long Lane arrived at the scene at 11.39pm. HGV left the road and eventually entered the Bedford Road runs parallel to the Longford River.
The road where the crash occurred has been described by some locals as an accident black spot. A local driver, who did not want to be named, said the crash scene looked “bad”. He described it as “a bad road” that needs widening, adding: “You would be amazed how many accidents have happened down that road.”
Related car accident information tracking, statistics on reported road casualties in Great Britain for the year ending June 2019 shows there were:1,870 reported road deaths, a slight increase compared to the year ending June 2018, however, this change is not statistically significant. Also, there were:27,820 people killed or seriously injured, 157,630 casualties of all severities, a decrease of 5%.
Reported road casualties by severity for the first half 2019: Great Britain
| Number/percentage change compared with the first half last year | |||||
| First half 2018 A | First half 2019 (P) B | Percentage change (B-A)/A % | Traffic 1 percentage change over same period (%) | ||
| Killed | 795 | 880 | 11 | 0.1 | |
| KSI2 | 12,897 | 13,420 | 4 | 0.1 | |
| Slightly injured | 64,748 | 61,260 | -5 | 0.1 | |
| All casualties | 77,645 | 74,680 | -4 | 0.1 |
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