B5378 crash in Hertsmere on 9 August 1985 at 23:36 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B5378 in Hertsmere at 23:36 on Friday 9 August 1985. The 62-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
- 9 Aug 1985
- Friday, 23:36
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68791, longitude -0.27703, in the WD7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Shenley.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198501SA00573
- Council area
- Hertsmere
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5378
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 February 1985.
Serious
Car crash on the B5378 in Hertsmere, 22 February 1985
10 m awayRef 198501SA00115
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on an unclassified road in Hertsmere, 9 February 2018
16 m awayRef 2018410272782
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B5378 in Hertsmere, 16 October 1991
20 m awayRef 199101SA00773
Slight
Car crash on the B5378 in Hertsmere, 25 April 1989
20 m awayRef 198901SA00336
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B5378 in Hertsmere, 25 August 1988
20 m awayRef 198801SA00651
Slight
Bus crash on the B5378 in Hertsmere, 6 December 1985
22 m awayRef 198501SA00918
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 62, 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 198501SA00573 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hertsmere road accident statistics for 1985.