Serious A106 crash in Hackney on 27 December 1979 at 15:35 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A106 in Hackney at 15:35 on Thursday 27 December 1979. The 52-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity: Serious
Date: 27 Dec 1979; Thursday, 15:35
Vehicles: 2; Motorcycle and car
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LRPHC43
Council area: Hackney
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 106
Road type: Roundabout
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

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

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Serious
Male, aged 52, motorcyclist, 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 197901LRPHC43 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hackney road accident statistics for 1979.