A3212 crash in Westminster on 5 July 1983 at 20:35 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A3212 in Westminster at 20:35 on Tuesday 5 July 1983. The 19-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 T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Jul 1983
- Tuesday, 20:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50198, longitude -0.12599, in the SW1A postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1983010AD0146
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3212
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 August 2018.
Slight
Mercedes S Class crash on an unclassified road in Westminster, 6 August 2018
At the same spotRef 2018010125502
Serious
Honda CB600F crash on the A3212 in Westminster, 26 January 2009
At the same spotRef 200901CW76972
Slight
Leyland Aec crash on the A3212 in Westminster, 6 October 1994
At the same spotRef 199401CX00357
Slight
Car crash on the A3212 in Westminster, 30 December 1983
At the same spotRef 1983010AD0276
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A3212 in Westminster, 26 June 1983
At the same spotRef 1983010AD0132
Slight
Van crash on the A3212 in Westminster, 25 March 1988
At the same spotRef 198801AD00049
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
- 19 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Lane or location
- Not on carriageway
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 19, 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 1983010AD0146 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Westminster road accident statistics for 1983.