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M4 crash in Hillingdon on 17 November 1986 at 07:15 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the M4 in Hillingdon at 07:15 on Monday 17 November 1986. The 21-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 49-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Nov 1986
Monday, 07:15
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49451, longitude -0.43919, in the UB3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Hillingdon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198601TC00608
Council area
Hillingdon
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 July 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 198601TC00608 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hillingdon road accident statistics for 1986.