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Serious A4 crash in Hounslow on 5 December 1985 at 20:55 involving a car

A car crashed on the A4 in Hounslow at 20:55 on Thursday 5 December 1985. The 19-year-old female driver was seriously injured and a 22-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Dec 1985
Thursday, 20:55
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47967, longitude -0.35977, in the TW5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hounslow.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198501TC00641
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 August 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, 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 198501TC00641 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.