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Serious B144 crash in Islington on 15 April 1982 at 13:00 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a taxi were involved in a crash on the B144 in Islington at 13:00 on Thursday 15 April 1982. The 35-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Apr 1982
Thursday, 13:00
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and taxi
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53621, longitude -0.09661, in the N1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Islington.

Map of where the crash happened in Islington

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982010ND0199
Council area
Islington
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
144
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 14 November 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 35, 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 1982010ND0199 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Islington road accident statistics for 1982.