A23 crash in Croydon on 29 December 1979 at 16:15 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A23 in Croydon at 16:15 on Saturday 29 December 1979. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 29 Dec 1979; Saturday, 16:15
Vehicles: 2; Motorcycle and car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LTQDE03
Council area: Croydon
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 23
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
17 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
U-turn
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
59 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, 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 197901LTQDE03 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Croydon road accident statistics for 1979.