C road crash in Croydon on 29 December 1981 at 15:25 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a van were involved in a crash on a C road in Croydon at 15:25 on Tuesday 29 December 1981. The 16-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity: Slight
Date: 29 Dec 1981; Tuesday, 15:25
Vehicles: 2; Motorcycle and van
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LTPFQ04
Council area: Croydon
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: C
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
16 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
23 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Male, aged 16, 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 198101LTPFQ04 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.