B300 crash in Southwark on 30 December 1981 at 07:45 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B300 in Southwark at 07:45 on Wednesday 30 December 1981. The 51-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Slight
Date: 30 Dec 1981; Wednesday, 07:45
Vehicles: 2; Car and motorcycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LUHJI83
Council area: Southwark
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 300
Road type: One way street or slip road
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Raining, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

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

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Male, aged 51, 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 198101LUHJI83 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Southwark road accident statistics for 1981.