A24 crash in Merton on 22 December 1979 at 18:25 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A24 in Merton at 18:25 on Saturday 22 December 1979. The 20-year-old female rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Dec 1979
- Saturday, 18:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197901LMSFE26
- Council area
- Merton
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 24
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 20, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 197901LMSFE26 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merton road accident statistics for 1979.