Fatal A297 crash in Merton on 18 December 1981 at 09:20 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A297 in Merton at 09:20 on Friday 18 December 1981. An 80-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Fatal
Date: 18 Dec 1981; Friday, 09:20
Vehicles: 1; Motorcycle
Casualties: 1; 1 killed

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LIJEE26
Council area: Merton
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 297
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 40 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
21 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Fatal
Female, aged 80, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
Pedestrian location
In carriageway, crossing elsewhere

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 198101LIJEE26 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 1981.