A4 crash in Hillingdon on 25 December 1979 at 11:20 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A4 in Hillingdon at 11:20 on Tuesday 25 December 1979. The 83-year-old male driver of vehicle 1, a 38-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 and a 71-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Dec 1979
- Tuesday, 11:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197901LPLEE62
- Council area
- Hillingdon
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fog or mist
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Driver sex
- Female
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 197901LPLEE62 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 1979.