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Unclassified road crash in Hounslow TW5 on 24 December 1983 at 18:10 involving a car

Two cars and a van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Hounslow at 18:10 on Saturday 24 December 1983. A 5-year-old male passenger in the van and a 27-year-old female passenger in the van were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 1983
Saturday, 18:10
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48856, longitude -0.40439, in the TW5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hounslow.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983010TD0736
Council area
Hounslow
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 August 2016.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

  • Vehicle 3: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 5, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Van)

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 1983010TD0736 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 1983.