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Fatal M4 crash in Hounslow on 11 August 1985 at 08:25 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the M4 in Hounslow at 08:25 on Sunday 11 August 1985. A 40-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
11 Aug 1985
Sunday, 08:25
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48768, longitude -0.38656, in the TW5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hounslow.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198501TC00382
Council area
Hounslow
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
4
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 December 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 40, 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 198501TC00382 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 1985.