A123 crash in Redbridge on 27 December 1979 at 07:05 involving a bus or coach
A bus or coach and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A123 in Redbridge at 07:05 on Thursday 27 December 1979. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Dec 1979
- Thursday, 07:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bus or coach and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197901LRHBD40
- Council area
- Redbridge
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 123
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 197901LRHBD40 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Redbridge road accident statistics for 1979.