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Serious unclassified road crash in Greenwich SE9 on 30 November 1982 at 13:13 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Greenwich at 13:13 on Tuesday 30 November 1982. The 39-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and the 55-year-old male driver of the car were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Nov 1982
Tuesday, 13:13
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43798, longitude 0.04434, in the SE9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Greenwich.

Map of where the crash happened in Greenwich

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982010RD0829
Council area
Greenwich
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 May 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 39, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 55, 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 1982010RD0829 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Greenwich road accident statistics for 1982.