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Fatal A41 crash in Barnet on 23 July 1983 at 18:50 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A41 in Barnet at 18:50 on Saturday 23 July 1983. The 34-year-old male rider was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Fatal
Date
23 Jul 1983
Saturday, 18:50
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6366, longitude -0.30383, in the WD6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Barnet

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983010SW0435
Council area
Barnet
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
41
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
70 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
5

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 July 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 34, 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 1983010SW0435 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Barnet road accident statistics for 1983.