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A117 crash in Newham on 28 May 1990 at 12:25 involving a Triumph motorcycle

A Triumph motorcycle and a BSA motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A117 in Newham at 12:25 on Monday 28 May 1990. A 25-year-old female passenger on the Triumph motorcycle, a 28-year-old female passenger on the BSA motorcycle and the 32-year-old male rider of the BSA motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 May 1990
Monday, 12:25
Vehicles
2
Triumph and BSA
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50723, longitude 0.06935, in the E16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newham.

Map of where the crash happened in Newham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199001KO00231
Council area
Newham
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
117
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 August 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Triumph

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    650 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 2: BSA

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    650 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Triumph)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (BSA)

  • Casualty 3: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (BSA)

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 199001KO00231 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newham road accident statistics for 1990.