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A1 crash in Haringey on 8 October 1997 at 12:30 involving a Suzuki motorcycle

A car and a Suzuki motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A1 in Haringey at 12:30 on Wednesday 8 October 1997. The 49-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Oct 1997
Wednesday, 12:30
Vehicles
2
Car and Suzuki
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57767, longitude -0.14741, in the N6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Haringey.

Map of where the crash happened in Haringey

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701YR00288
Council area
Haringey
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
550

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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 19 October 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    79 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Suzuki)

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 199701YR00288 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 1997.