A304 crash in Hammersmith and Fulham on 21 January 1984 at 20:50 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A304 in Hammersmith and Fulham at 20:50 on Saturday 21 January 1984. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jan 1984
- Saturday, 20:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48014, longitude -0.19615, in the SW6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hammersmith and Fulham.
Map of where the crash happened in Hammersmith and Fulham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198401FF00011
- Council area
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 304
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 318
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 27 July 2000.
Serious
Kawasaki crash on the A304 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 27 July 2000
At the same spotRef 200001FH00597
Slight
Bus crash on the A304 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 26 August 1982
At the same spotRef 1982010FF0223
Slight
Car crash on the A304 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 20 December 1986
At the same spotRef 198601FF00377
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A304 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 2 June 2025
8 m awayRef 2025010578445
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A304 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 3 December 2010
10 m awayRef 201001FH10637
Slight
Yamaha XJR 1300 crash on the A304 in Hammersmith and Fulham, 13 September 2003
10 m awayRef 200301FH00671
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 17, 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 198401FF00011 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 1984.