B2230 crash in Sutton on 24 December 1980 at 17:20 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B2230 in Sutton at 17:20 on Wednesday 24 December 1980. The 47-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity: Slight
Date: 24 Dec 1980; Wednesday, 17:20
Vehicles: 2; Motorcycle and car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198001LOREK16
Council area: Sutton
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 2230
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
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
Motorcycle 50cc and under
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
31 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Male, aged 47, 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 198001LOREK16 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sutton road accident statistics for 1980.