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A10 crash in Hackney on 28 December 1979 at 17:45 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a taxi were involved in a crash on the A10 in Hackney at 17:45 on Friday 28 December 1979. The 18-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 13-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Dec 1979
Friday, 17:45
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and taxi
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197901LSRJC40
Council area
Hackney
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
10
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 13, 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 197901LSRJC40 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.