Serious A208 crash in Greenwich on 27 December 1979 at 11:15 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A208 in Greenwich at 11:15 on Thursday 27 December 1979. The female rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Serious
Date: 27 Dec 1979; Thursday, 11:15
Vehicles: 2; Motorcycle and car
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LRLDC63
Council area: Greenwich
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 208
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Auto traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Raining, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Driver sex
Female
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Serious
Female, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (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 197901LRLDC63 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Greenwich road accident statistics for 1979.