A4 crash in Hillingdon on 28 December 1981 at 22:10 involving a car
A car and a van were involved in a crash on the A4 in Hillingdon at 22:10 on Monday 28 December 1981. The 45-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Dec 1981
- Monday, 22:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and van
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198101LSWCE65
- Council area
- Hillingdon
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- Slowing or stopping
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 45, 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 198101LSWCE65 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.