A211 crash in Bexley on 29 December 1979 at 20:45 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A211 in Bexley at 20:45 on Saturday 29 December 1979. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

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

Severity: Slight
Date: 29 Dec 1979; Saturday, 20:45
Vehicles: 2; Motorcycle and car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LTUJ787
Council area: Bexley
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 211
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: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
17 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
26 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Male, 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 197901LTUJ787 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bexley road accident statistics for 1979.