Serious A1010 crash in Enfield on 29 December 1979 at 17:10 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A1010 in Enfield at 17:10 on Saturday 29 December 1979. The 18-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

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

Severity: Serious
Date: 29 Dec 1979; Saturday, 17:10
Vehicles: 2; Car and motorcycle
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LTRCF24
Council area: Enfield
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 1010
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: Car
Manoeuvre
U-turn
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
18 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Serious
Male, aged 18, 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 197901LTRCF24 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Enfield road accident statistics for 1979.