Unclassified road crash in Camden on 29 December 1981 at 02:00 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Camden at 02:00 on Tuesday 29 December 1981. The male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 29 Dec 1981; Tuesday, 02:00
Vehicles: 2; Car and motorcycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LTCAU27
Council area: Camden
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

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

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, no street lighting
Weather: Raining, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

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

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Male, 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 198101LTCAU27 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Camden road accident statistics for 1981.