C road crash in Islington on 18 December 1981 at 08:55 involving a bicycle
A bicycle and a van were involved in a crash on a C road in Islington at 08:55 on Friday 18 December 1981. The 20-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Dec 1981
- Friday, 08:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and van
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198101LIILO38
- Council area
- Islington
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Dry
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 20, 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 198101LIILO38 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Islington road accident statistics for 1981.