Serious A1199 crash in Islington on 23 December 1981 at 15:45 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A1199 in Islington at 15:45 on Wednesday 23 December 1981. A 27-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity: Serious
Date: 23 Dec 1981; Wednesday, 15:45
Vehicles: 1; Motorcycle
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LNPJC31
Council area: Islington
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 1199
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Auto traffic signal

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Other
Road surface: Snow

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Serious
Female, aged 27, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
Pedestrian location
Crossing in zig-zag approach lines

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 198101LNPJC31 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Islington road accident statistics for 1981.