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A305 crash in Hounslow on 16 March 1985 at 03:30 involving a van

A van crashed on the A305 in Hounslow at 03:30 on Saturday 16 March 1985. The 26-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Mar 1985
Saturday, 03:30
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42884, longitude -0.40374, in the TW13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hounslow.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198501TG00124
Council area
Hounslow
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
305
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 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, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 November 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198501TG00124 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.