Serious A201 crash in Southwark on 23 December 1981 at 16:45 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A201 in Southwark at 16:45 on Wednesday 23 December 1981. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

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

Severity: Serious
Date: 23 Dec 1981; Wednesday, 16:45
Vehicles: 2; Car and motorcycle
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LNQJC89
Council area: Southwark
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 201
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Auto traffic signal

Environmental conditions

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

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Slowing or stopping
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Slowing or stopping
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
17 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Serious
Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (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 198101LNQJC89 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Southwark road accident statistics for 1981.