A3005 crash in Hounslow on 21 December 1981 at 12:20 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A3005 in Hounslow at 12:20 on Monday 21 December 1981. The 18-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Slight
Date: 21 Dec 1981; Monday, 12:20
Vehicles: 2; Motorcycle and car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LLMEE50
Council area: Hounslow
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 3005
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Snowing, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
18 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
26 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Male, aged 18, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 198101LLMEE50 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 1981.