Serious A21 crash in Lewisham on 25 December 1981 at 13:55 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A21 in Lewisham at 13:55 on Friday 25 December 1981. The 20-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 20-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 25 Dec 1981
- Friday, 13:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198101LPNLC72
- Council area
- Lewisham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 21
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 20, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 20, 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 198101LPNLC72 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewisham road accident statistics for 1981.