A244 crash in Hounslow on 29 December 1979 at 13:20 involving a car

A car and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A244 in Hounslow at 13:20 on Saturday 29 December 1979. A 12-year-old female pedestrian hit by the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 29 Dec 1979; Saturday, 13:20
Vehicles: 2; Car and bus or coach
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LTNEE52
Council area: Hounslow
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 244
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
59 years
Vehicle 2: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
Manoeuvre
Waiting to go ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Female, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
Pedestrian location
In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
Pedestrian movement
In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing), masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 197901LTNEE52 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hounslow road accident statistics for 1979.