Serious A503 crash in Hackney on 15 December 1981 at 12:45 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A503 in Hackney at 12:45 on Tuesday 15 December 1981. The 23-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 15 Dec 1981; Tuesday, 12:45
Vehicles: 2; Bicycle and car
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LFMJC40
Council area: Hackney
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 503
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 40 mph

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
Junction control: Auto traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
23 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Serious
Female, aged 23, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 198101LFMJC40 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hackney road accident statistics for 1981.