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Hendon & Colindale

Accident recovery in Hendon and Colindale.

Hendon is where the M1 stops being a motorway and becomes London. Traffic arrives at speed and meets the A406 and A41, and the transition is where a lot of incidents happen.

Photograph requiredRecovery at the southern end of the M1 near Brent Cross. Landscape, wide.

Areas covered · NW4 · NW9 · NW11

  • Hendon
  • Colindale
  • Brent Cross
  • West Hendon
  • Golders Green
  • Burnt Oak

On the ground

Written for someone dealing with this now. If it is easier to talk, the number is at the top of every page.

Where the M1 meets the North Circular

The southern end of the M1, Staples Corner and the Brent Cross interchange form one of the more demanding pieces of road in London: high speed differentials, heavy merging, and elevated sections with nowhere to stop.

If your vehicle is stopped on the motorway itself, it will be moved to a place of safety by the operator appointed for that road, working with the police. We can collect from there. On the A406 and A41 we can usually recover directly once it is safe.

Brent Cross parking

The shopping centre car parks and the newer development around them carry height restrictions and, in places, quite tight ramps. As elsewhere in NW London, that often rules out a conventional recovery truck and points towards a van or a Hiab working from outside.

Tell us the car park and the level and we will establish what can physically get to the vehicle before dispatching anything.

Residential Hendon

Much of NW4 and NW11 is interwar and postwar housing with reasonable access, though the streets around Golders Green are busier and more heavily parked.

Where there is no driveway, the usual London problem applies: an undriveable vehicle has to go somewhere, and a controlled parking bay is not a long-term answer. Secure storage while the damage is assessed usually is.

Questions

Asked here in particular.

My car is on the M1 slip road — who recovers it?
If it is on the live motorway or its slip roads, recovery to a place of safety is handled by the operator appointed for that road with the police. Once it is somewhere safe, we can collect it and take it on.
Can you collect from Brent Cross?
Yes, subject to the height restriction on the particular car park. Tell us where the vehicle is parked and we will confirm what can reach it.

One call. One team. From accident to back on the road.

Had an accident? Start here.

Tell us where you are and what has happened. We will confirm what we can arrange and get recovery moving.