Serious A4 crash in Hillingdon on 29 December 1981 at 21:40 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A4 in Hillingdon at 21:40 on Tuesday 29 December 1981. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 29 Dec 1981
- Tuesday, 21:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198101LTVIE69
- Council area
- Hillingdon
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 198101LTVIE69 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.