Serious A244 crash in Elmbridge on 19 December 1981 at 15:45 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A244 in Elmbridge at 15:45 on Saturday 19 December 1981. The 26-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured and a 22-year-old male passenger on the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 19 Dec 1981
- Saturday, 15:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198101LJPJF96
- Council area
- Elmbridge
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 244
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 26, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 22, 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 198101LJPJF96 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Elmbridge road accident statistics for 1981.