Unclassified road crash in Merton on 28 December 1979 at 13:15 involving a car
A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Merton at 13:15 on Friday 28 December 1979. The 13-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Dec 1979
- Friday, 13:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197901LSNDW28
- Council area
- Merton
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Dry
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, 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 197901LSNDW28 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.