A124 crash in Newham on 22 December 1981 at 10:50 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A124 in Newham at 10:50 on Tuesday 22 December 1981. The 21-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 22 Dec 1981; Tuesday, 10:50
Vehicles: 2; Motorcycle and car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LMKKD77
Council area: Newham
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 124
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Snowing, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
21 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Moving off

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Male, aged 21, 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 198101LMKKD77 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.