A207 crash in Bexley on 30 December 1979 at 09:35 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A207 in Bexley at 09:35 on Sunday 30 December 1979. The 63-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a snow-covered road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 30 Dec 1979; Sunday, 09:35
Vehicles: 2; Motorcycle and car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LUJHD81
Council area: Bexley
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 207
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

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

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Snow

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
59 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
Driver sex
Male

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Male, aged 63, 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 197901LUJHD81 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.