A23 crash in Lambeth on 30 December 1981 at 19:00 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A23 in Lambeth at 19:00 on Wednesday 30 December 1981. The 39-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 30 Dec 1981; Wednesday, 19:00
Vehicles: 2; Motorcycle and car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LUTAC94
Council area: Lambeth
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 23
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

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

Environmental conditions

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

Vehicles involved (2)

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

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Male, aged 39, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (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 198101LUTAC94 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lambeth road accident statistics for 1981.