Hounslow is home to some of the most dangerous roundabouts in the country.
With a total of 77 accidents since 2010, the Hogarth Roundabout in Chiswick is the worst in west London; and ninth highest for traffic incidents of any roundabout in Britain.
The next most accident-prone roundabout in west London was Hyde Park Corner in Westminster with 72 incidents since 2010; followed closely by Waggoners Roundabout in Hounslow recording 71.
The most dangerous roundabout in Britain is in London outside Elephant and Castle station in Southwark, which has been the scene of a record 163 accidents over a six-year period.
The information has been collated from an analysis of government road accident data by the getwestlondon data team.
Of the 69 roundabouts in the country to have recorded at least 40 road accidents in the past six years, 13 of these were located in west London.
Roundabout | Borough | Accidents since 2010 |
Hogarth Roundabout | Hounslow | 77 |
Hyde Park Corner | Westminster | 72 |
Waggoners Roundabout | Hounslow | 71 |
Lambeth Bridge West Bank | Westminster | 67 |
Chiswick Roundabout | Hounslow | 66 |
Western Avenue/West End Road | 61 | |
The Parkway/Hayes Road | Hounslow | 60 |
White Hart Roundabout | Ealing | 52 |
Hangar Lane Station | Ealing | 49 |
Shepherd's Bush Station | 49 | |
Westway/West Cross Route | Hammersmith & Fulham | 48 |
Willow Tree Roundabout | Hillingdon | 42 |
Charing Cross Station | Westminster | 42 |
However, there were fewer road accidents on roundabouts across west London as figures showed the number had fallen by 7.3% last year from 602 in 2014 to 558 in 2015.
But there were two fatalities in 2015 compared to one in each of the previous three years.
Across Britain there were 14,324 road accidents on roundabouts in 2015, down from the 15,209 in 2014 but a slight increase compared with the 14,235 in 2013.
Despite the overall number of collisions falling the number of fatal accidents shot up last year to 54 compared with 30 for the previous year when a lower number of accidents were recorded.
