Serious A4200 crash in Camden on 30 December 1981 at 18:30 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A4200 in Camden at 18:30 on Wednesday 30 December 1981. A 78-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 30 Dec 1981; Wednesday, 18:30
Vehicles: 1; Motorcycle
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LUSGC20
Council area: Camden
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 4200
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Other
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
31 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Serious
Male, aged 78, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
Pedestrian location
In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
Pedestrian movement
In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing), masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 198101LUSGC20 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.