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A205 crash in Greenwich on 11 February 1982 at 22:50 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A205 in Greenwich at 22:50 on Thursday 11 February 1982. The 18-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a male passenger on the motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Feb 1982
Thursday, 22:50
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47107, longitude 0.05504, in the SE18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Greenwich.

Map of where the crash happened in Greenwich

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982010RW0079
Council area
Greenwich
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
205
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
206

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 6 January 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, 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 1982010RW0079 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.