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Serious A41 crash in Barnet on 23 November 1983 at 08:20 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A41 in Barnet at 08:20 on Wednesday 23 November 1983. The 22-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Nov 1983
Wednesday, 08:20
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59187, longitude -0.23432, in the NW4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barnet.

Map of where the crash happened in Barnet

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983010SW0684
Council area
Barnet
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
41
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 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
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 January 1999.

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
    22 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, 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 1983010SW0684 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.