A4 crash in Hounslow on 31 December 1981 at 20:25 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A4 in Hounslow at 20:25 on Thursday 31 December 1981. The 23-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 25-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 1981
- Thursday, 20:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198101LVUFE54
- Council area
- Hounslow
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- 23 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 25, 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 198101LVUFE54 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hounslow road accident statistics for 1981.