A244 crash in Hounslow on 22 December 1981 at 08:00 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and two cars were involved in a crash on the A244 in Hounslow at 08:00 on Tuesday 22 December 1981. The 45-year-old female rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 22 Dec 1981; Tuesday, 08:00
Vehicles: 3; Motorcycle and 2 others
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LMIAE54
Council area: Hounslow
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

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

Vehicles involved (3)

Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
26 years
Vehicle 3: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
19 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Female, aged 45, 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 198101LMIAE54 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.