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A2 crash in Greenwich on 5 April 1983 at 07:50 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A2 in Greenwich at 07:50 on Tuesday 5 April 1983. The 60-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Apr 1983
Tuesday, 07:50
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47482, longitude 0.02511, in the SE3 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
1983010RD0199
Council area
Greenwich
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
207

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 17 January 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 60, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (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 1983010RD0199 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 1983.