Unclassified road crash in Elmbridge on 31 December 1981 at 15:40 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Elmbridge at 15:40 on Thursday 31 December 1981. The 75-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

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

Severity: Slight
Date: 31 Dec 1981; Thursday, 15:40
Vehicles: 2; Bicycle and motorcycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LVPIX99
Council area: Elmbridge
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
65 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
17 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Slight
Male, aged 75, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 198101LVPIX99 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Elmbridge road accident statistics for 1981.