Serious C road crash in Lewisham on 30 December 1981 at 09:15 involving a bicycle

A vehicle and a bicycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Lewisham at 09:15 on Wednesday 30 December 1981. The 70-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 30 Dec 1981; Wednesday, 09:15
Vehicles: 2; Other vehicle and bicycle
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LUJDO78
Council area: Lewisham
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: C
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Other vehicle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
31 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
65 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Serious
Male, aged 70, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 198101LUJDO78 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.