A121 crash in Epping Forest on 18 December 1981 at 19:30 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A121 in Epping Forest at 19:30 on Friday 18 December 1981. The 20-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Dec 1981
- Friday, 19:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198101LITGF63
- Council area
- Epping Forest
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 121
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Dry
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 20, 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 198101LITGF63 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Epping Forest road accident statistics for 1981.