A214 crash in Bromley on 28 December 1979 at 23:15 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A214 in Bromley at 23:15 on Friday 28 December 1979. The 16-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 28 Dec 1979; Friday, 23:15
Vehicles: 2; Motorcycle and car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LSXDD99
Council area: Bromley
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 214
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

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

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
16 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
U-turn
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
18 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Male, aged 16, 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 197901LSXDD99 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bromley road accident statistics for 1979.