A20 crash in Lewisham on 28 December 1981 at 13:35 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A20 in Lewisham at 13:35 on Monday 28 December 1981. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 28 Dec 1981; Monday, 13:35
Vehicles: 2; Car and motorcycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LSNHC79
Council area: Lewisham
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 20
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
21 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
17 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
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 198101LSNHC79 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.