A4 crash in Hounslow on 25 December 1981 at 01:00 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4 in Hounslow at 01:00 on Friday 25 December 1981. The female rider of the motorcycle 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: 25 Dec 1981; Friday, 01:00
Vehicles: 2; Car and motorcycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LPBAE54
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

Environmental conditions

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

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
26 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Female

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Female, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (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 198101LPBAE54 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.