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C road crash in Enfield EN1 on 8 December 1998 at 16:55 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on a C road in Enfield at 16:55 on Tuesday 8 December 1998. The 30-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Dec 1998
Tuesday, 16:55
Vehicles
2
Yamaha and Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.65995, longitude -0.05297, in the EN1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Enfield.

Map of where the crash happened in Enfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801YF00902
Council area
Enfield
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
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 16 March 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    79 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

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 199801YF00902 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Enfield road accident statistics for 1998.