A103 crash in Haringey on 17 August 1985 at 22:00 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A103 in Haringey at 22:00 on Saturday 17 August 1985. A 65-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle and the male rider of the motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Aug 1985
- Saturday, 22:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58226, longitude -0.11922, in the N8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Haringey.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198501YR00365
- Council area
- Haringey
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 103
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 July 2001.
Slight
Dennis crash on the A103 in Haringey, 19 July 2001
At the same spotRef 200101YR00655
Slight
Honda crash on the A103 in Haringey, 15 March 1994
At the same spotRef 199401YR00101
Serious
Car crash on the A103 in Haringey, 13 January 1990
At the same spotRef 199001YR00013
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A103 in Haringey, 15 February 1992
At the same spotRef 199201YR00053
Slight
Car crash on the A103 in Haringey, 30 June 1987
At the same spotRef 198701YR00264
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A103 in Haringey, 26 August 1996
At the same spotRef 199601YR00160
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 65, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
Casualty 2: Rider
SlightMale, 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 198501YR00365 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Haringey road accident statistics for 1985.