A4 crash in Hounslow on 22 December 1981 at 17:25 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A4 in Hounslow at 17:25 on Tuesday 22 December 1981. A 15-year-old male pedestrian hit by vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Slight
Date: 22 Dec 1981; Tuesday, 17:25
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LMRFE55
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: 40 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Auto traffic signal

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Other
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
59 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Male, aged 15, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
Pedestrian location
Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility

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 198101LMRFE55 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.