Serious A10 crash in Enfield on 27 December 1981 at 14:50 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A10 in Enfield at 14:50 on Sunday 27 December 1981. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Serious
Date: 27 Dec 1981; Sunday, 14:50
Vehicles: 2; Motorcycle and car
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LROKF29
Council area: Enfield
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 10
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 40 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
17 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Serious
Male, aged 17, 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 198101LROKF29 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.