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Unclassified road crash in Hounslow TW3 on 31 December 1997 at 15:10 involving an MG Metro

An MG Metro hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in Hounslow at 15:10 on Wednesday 31 December 1997. A 19-year-old male pedestrian and an 18-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Dec 1997
Wednesday, 15:10
Vehicles
1
MG Metro
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47016, longitude -0.36155, in the TW3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hounslow.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701TD00929
Council area
Hounslow
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 April 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: MG Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, hit by vehicle 1 (MG Metro)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, hit by vehicle 1 (MG Metro)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation

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 199701TD00929 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 1997.