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A235 crash in Croydon on 31 December 1979 at 20:15 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A235 in Croydon at 20:15 on Monday 31 December 1979. The 23-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and the 18-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Dec 1979
Monday, 20:15
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197901LVUDE08
Council area
Croydon
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
235
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 197901LVUDE08 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.