Fatal A406 crash in Ealing on 25 December 1981 at 16:25 involving a car
A car and two motorcycles were involved in a crash on the A406 in Ealing at 16:25 on Friday 25 December 1981. The 22-year-old male rider of vehicle 2 was killed and the 19-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 25 Dec 1981
- Friday, 16:25
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 killed, 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198101LPQFE71
- Council area
- Ealing
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 406
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
Vehicle 3: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
FatalMale, aged 22, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198101LPQFE71 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ealing road accident statistics for 1981.