Serious A1010 crash in Enfield on 23 December 1981 at 07:45 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a van were involved in a crash on the A1010 in Enfield at 07:45 on Wednesday 23 December 1981. The 52-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a snow-covered road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 23 Dec 1981; Wednesday, 07:45
Vehicles: 2; Bicycle and van
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LNHJF25
Council area: Enfield
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 1010
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Snow

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
31 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Serious
Male, aged 52, 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 198101LNHJF25 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Enfield road accident statistics for 1981.