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B179 crash in Waltham Forest on 27 December 1995 at 23:28 involving a Honda motorcycle

A Honda motorcycle crashed on the B179 in Waltham Forest at 23:28 on Wednesday 27 December 1995. The 32-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Dec 1995
Wednesday, 23:28
Vehicles
1
Honda
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59618, longitude -0.04126, in the E17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Waltham Forest.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199501JC00558
Council area
Waltham Forest
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
179
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Frost or ice
Special conditions at the site
Road surface defective
Carriageway hazards
Poor or defective road surface

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 18 October 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda)

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 199501JC00558 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Waltham Forest road accident statistics for 1995.