Unclassified road crash in Lewisham SE23 on 2 August 1982 at 12:10 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Lewisham at 12:10 on Monday 2 August 1982. The 20-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Aug 1982
- Monday, 12:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and van
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44454, longitude -0.03984, in the SE23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1982010PD0507
- Council area
- Lewisham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 20, 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 1982010PD0507 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 1982.