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Serious A219 crash in Hammersmith and Fulham on 2 September 1983 at 20:37 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A219 in Hammersmith and Fulham at 20:37 on Friday 2 September 1983. A 37-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured and the 20-year-old female rider was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Sep 1983
Friday, 20:37
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4831, longitude -0.21908, in the SW6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hammersmith and Fulham.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983010FF0262
Council area
Hammersmith and Fulham
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
219
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, 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 7 August 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 37, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, 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 1983010FF0262 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hammersmith and Fulham road accident statistics for 1983.