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Serious A1178 crash in Hertsmere on 3 April 1982 at 14:25 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A1178 in Hertsmere at 14:25 on Saturday 3 April 1982. A 25-year-old female passenger was seriously injured and the 33-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Apr 1982
Saturday, 14:25
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68504, longitude -0.22332, in the EN6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Hertsmere

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982010SA0221
Council area
Hertsmere
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1178
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
1

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
Special conditions at the site
Road surface defective
Carriageway hazards
Poor or defective road surface

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 May 2024.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 25, 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 1982010SA0221 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hertsmere road accident statistics for 1982.