Unclassified road crash in Sutton on 30 December 1981 at 20:15 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Sutton at 20:15 on Wednesday 30 December 1981. The 53-year-old female rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 30 Dec 1981; Wednesday, 20:15
Vehicles: 2; Motorcycle and car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LUUDW13
Council area: Sutton
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Other
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Parked

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Female, aged 53, 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 198101LUUDW13 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sutton road accident statistics for 1981.