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B517 crash in Camden on 9 April 1983 at 08:15 involving a motor scooter

A motor scooter and a car were involved in a crash on the B517 in Camden at 08:15 on Saturday 9 April 1983. The 60-year-old male rider of the motor scooter was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Apr 1983
Saturday, 08:15
Vehicles
2
Motor scooter and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54835, longitude -0.15235, in the NW5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Camden.

Map of where the crash happened in Camden

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983010EK0213
Council area
Camden
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
517
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 April 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Nearside

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 60, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

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 1983010EK0213 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Camden road accident statistics for 1983.