A211 crash in Bexley on 20 December 1981 at 20:45 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A211 in Bexley at 20:45 on Sunday 20 December 1981. The 17-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Slight
Date: 20 Dec 1981; Sunday, 20:45
Vehicles: 1; Motorcycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LKUJD81
Council area: Bexley
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 211
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Auto traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Snowing, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
17 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Male, aged 17, 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 198101LKUJD81 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bexley road accident statistics for 1981.