Serious A121 crash in Broxbourne on 5 December 1981 at 14:20 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A121 in Broxbourne at 14:20 on Saturday 5 December 1981. The 16-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 5 Dec 1981
- Saturday, 14:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198101L5OEF56
- Council area
- Broxbourne
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 121
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), 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 198101L5OEF56 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Broxbourne road accident statistics for 1981.