A4 crash in Hounslow on 25 December 1986 at 21:05 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A4 in Hounslow at 21:05 on Thursday 25 December 1986. A 51-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 and a 40-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

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

Severity: Slight
Date: 25 Dec 1986; Thursday, 21:05
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 2; 2 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198601TC00711
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, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

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
18 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Slowing or stopping
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
West
First point of impact
Back
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
57 years

Casualties (2)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Car passenger
Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198601TC00711 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.