A235 crash in Croydon on 23 December 1981 at 16:15 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A235 in Croydon at 16:15 on Wednesday 23 December 1981. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Slight
Date: 23 Dec 1981; Wednesday, 16:15
Vehicles: 2; Motorcycle and car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LNQDE09
Council area: Croydon
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 235
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Auto traffic signal

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
17 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Driver sex
Male

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Male, aged 17, 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 198101LNQDE09 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 1981.