Unclassified road crash in Hounslow on 21 December 1981 at 17:30 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Hounslow at 17:30 on Monday 21 December 1981. The 20-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 21 Dec 1981; Monday, 17:30
Vehicles: 2; Motorcycle and car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LLRGW52
Council area: Hounslow
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Raining, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Parked
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
21 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
20 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 198101LLRGW52 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.