Serious A4 crash in Hounslow on 24 December 1986 at 21:30 involving a taxi

A taxi and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A4 in Hounslow at 21:30 on Wednesday 24 December 1986. The 22-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity: Serious
Date: 24 Dec 1986; Wednesday, 21:30
Vehicles: 2; Taxi and bicycle
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198601TC00710
Council area: Hounslow
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 4
Road type: Roundabout
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class: A
Second road number: 406

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

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

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Taxi
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Travelling from
North West
Travelling to
South West
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
35 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Travelling from
North West
Travelling to
South West
First point of impact
Nearside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
22 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Serious
Male, aged 22, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 198601TC00710 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 1986.