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Serious A10 crash in Enfield on 22 December 1983 at 06:40 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A10 in Enfield at 06:40 on Thursday 22 December 1983. The 19-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Dec 1983
Thursday, 06:40
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64749, longitude -0.0603, in the EN1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Enfield.

Map of where the crash happened in Enfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983010YF0902
Council area
Enfield
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
10
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 10 November 1989.

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
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    59 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, 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 1983010YF0902 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Enfield road accident statistics for 1983.