Serious C road crash in Newham on 29 December 1979 at 17:30 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a van were involved in a crash on a C road in Newham at 17:30 on Saturday 29 December 1979. A 14-year-old male passenger on the motorcycle was seriously injured and the 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 29 Dec 1979
- Saturday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and van
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197901LTRGP75
- Council area
- Newham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Dry
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 14, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
Casualty 2: Rider
SlightMale, aged 17, 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 197901LTRGP75 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newham road accident statistics for 1979.