Unclassified road crash in Spelthorne on 15 December 1981 at 16:50 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Spelthorne at 16:50 on Tuesday 15 December 1981. The 16-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 15 Dec 1981; Tuesday, 16:50
Vehicles: 2; Bicycle and car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LFQKY02
Council area: Spelthorne
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Road type: Single carriageway
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: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
16 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Slight
Male, aged 16, on vehicle 1 (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 198101LFQKY02 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 1981.