A1011 crash in Newham on 21 December 1981 at 08:05 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A1011 in Newham at 08:05 on Monday 21 December 1981. A 23-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity: Slight
Date: 21 Dec 1981; Monday, 08:05
Vehicles: 2; Motorcycle and lorry
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LLIBD70
Council area: Newham
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 1011
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Snowing, no high winds
Road surface: Snow

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
26 years
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
Towing and articulation
Articulated vehicle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 23, 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 198101LLIBD70 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newham road accident statistics for 1981.