Serious C road crash in Spelthorne on 28 December 1979 at 10:55 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Spelthorne at 10:55 on Friday 28 December 1979. The 13-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet road with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 28 Dec 1979; Friday, 10:55
Vehicles: 2; Car and bicycle
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LSKLS01
Council area: Spelthorne
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: C
Speed limit: 40 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
19 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
16 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Serious
Male, aged 13, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 197901LSKLS01 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Spelthorne road accident statistics for 1979.