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Serious A40 crash in Hillingdon on 29 December 1981 at 19:05 involving a car

A car and a van were involved in a crash on the A40 in Hillingdon at 19:05 on Tuesday 29 December 1981. There were seven casualties: four people were seriously injured and three were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Dec 1981
Tuesday, 19:05
Vehicles
2
Car and van
Casualties
7
4 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198101LTTBE65
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
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (7)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 54, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 198101LTTBE65 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.