A302 crash in Lambeth on 24 December 1981 at 06:55 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A302 in Lambeth at 06:55 on Thursday 24 December 1981. The 43-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow on a roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity: Slight
Date: 24 Dec 1981; Thursday, 06:55
Vehicles: 2; Motorcycle and car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LOGLC95
Council area: Lambeth
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 302
Road type: Roundabout
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Snowing, no high winds
Road surface: Snow

Vehicles involved (2)

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

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Male, aged 43, 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 198101LOGLC95 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lambeth road accident statistics for 1981.