Fatal unclassified road crash in Hillingdon on 25 December 1981 at 01:00 involving a motorcycle
Two motorcycles and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Hillingdon at 01:00 on Friday 25 December 1981. The 17-year-old male rider of vehicle 1 was killed and the 18-year-old male rider of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 25 Dec 1981
- Friday, 01:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Motorcycle and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 killed, 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198101LPBAW60
- Council area
- Hillingdon
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
FatalMale, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
Casualty 2: Rider
SlightMale, aged 18, 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 198101LPBAW60 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hillingdon road accident statistics for 1981.