Serious C road crash in Elmbridge on 22 December 1979 at 15:10 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit a pedestrian on a C road in Elmbridge at 15:10 on Saturday 22 December 1979. A 19-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity: Serious
Date: 22 Dec 1979; Saturday, 15:10
Vehicles: 1; Motorcycle
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LMPCR95
Council area: Elmbridge
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: C
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

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

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Skidding and overturning
Overturned
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
16 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Serious
Male, aged 19, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
Pedestrian location
In carriageway, crossing elsewhere

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 197901LMPCR95 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Elmbridge road accident statistics for 1979.