Serious C road crash in Spelthorne on 29 December 1981 at 20:50 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a van were involved in a crash on a C road in Spelthorne at 20:50 on Tuesday 29 December 1981. The 33-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet road with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 29 Dec 1981; Tuesday, 20:50
Vehicles: 2; Motorcycle and van
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LTUKS00
Council area: Spelthorne
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: C
Speed limit: 60 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Other
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
31 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Parked

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Serious
Male, aged 33, 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 198101LTUKS00 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.