Serious B173 crash in Epping Forest on 11 November 1982 at 06:34 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B173 in Epping Forest at 06:34 on Thursday 11 November 1982. The 31-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured and the 52-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 11 Nov 1982
- Thursday, 06:34
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61519, longitude 0.09751, in the IG7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redbridge.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1982010JB0776
- Council area
- Epping Forest
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 173
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 March 2023.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B173 in Redbridge, 18 March 2023
2 m awayRef 2023011291982
Slight
Peugeot 107 crash on the B173 in Epping Forest, 3 April 2021
7 m awayRef 2021421033160
Slight
Car crash on the B173 in Redbridge, 17 May 1985
36 m awayRef 198501JB00274
Slight
Yamaha YZF R125 crash on the B173 in Epping Forest, 9 September 2019
43 m awayRef 2019420875638
Serious
Car crash on the B173 in Redbridge, 23 September 1986
45 m awayRef 198601JB00599
Slight
Car crash on the B173 in Redbridge, 23 December 1982
45 m awayRef 1982010JB0910
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 31, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 1982010JB0776 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Epping Forest road accident statistics for 1982.