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Serious A4 crash in Hillingdon on 30 December 1995 at 06:00 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A4 in Hillingdon at 06:00 on Saturday 30 December 1995. The 65-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Dec 1995
Saturday, 06:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4811, longitude -0.45866, in the TW6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hillingdon.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199501ID00103
Council area
Hillingdon
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
4

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 3 March 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 65, 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 199501ID00103 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 1995.