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Serious A124 crash in Newham on 29 September 1990 at 18:20 involving a Kawasaki motorcycle

A Kawasaki motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A124 in Newham at 18:20 on Saturday 29 September 1990. The 29-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki motorcycle was seriously injured and a 31-year-old male passenger on the Kawasaki motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Sep 1990
Saturday, 18:20
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki and car
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53198, longitude 0.04783, in the E6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newham.

Map of where the crash happened in Newham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199001KO00433
Council area
Newham
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
124
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
109

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 October 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    249 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 29, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki)

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 199001KO00433 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.