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Serious A4 crash in Hounslow on 22 December 1981 at 15:55 involving a car

Six cars were involved in a crash on the A4 in Hounslow at 15:55 on Tuesday 22 December 1981. The 43-year-old male driver of vehicle 3 was seriously injured and the 44-year-old female driver of vehicle 6 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Dec 1981
Tuesday, 15:55
Vehicles
6
Car and 5 others
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198101LMPLE51
Council area
Hounslow
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Dry

Vehicles involved (6)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

  • Vehicle 4: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

  • Vehicle 5: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years

  • Vehicle 6: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 6 (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 198101LMPLE51 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.