Serious A217 crash in Sutton on 30 December 1981 at 22:55 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A217 in Sutton at 22:55 on Wednesday 30 December 1981. The 22-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured and the 22-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 30 Dec 1981
- Wednesday, 22:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198101LUWLE17
- Council area
- Sutton
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 217
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Dry
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 22, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 198101LUWLE17 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.