Serious A40 crash in Hillingdon on 28 December 1981 at 21:45 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A40 in Hillingdon at 21:45 on Monday 28 December 1981. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 28 Dec 1981
- Monday, 21:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198101LSVJE60
- Council area
- Hillingdon
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 40
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, 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 198101LSVJE60 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.