A12 crash in Redbridge on 24 December 1980 at 14:20 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A12 in Redbridge at 14:20 on Wednesday 24 December 1980. The 45-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 24 Dec 1980; Wednesday, 14:20
Vehicles: 2; Motorcycle and car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198001LOOED46
Council area: Redbridge
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 12
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 40 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

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

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Male, aged 45, 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 198001LOOED46 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Redbridge road accident statistics for 1980.