B369 crash in Elmbridge on 20 August 1985 at 21:00 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B369 in Elmbridge at 21:00 on Tuesday 20 August 1985. The 16-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Aug 1985
- Tuesday, 21:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40029, longitude -0.35528, in the KT8 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Molesey.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198501VD00777
- Council area
- Elmbridge
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 369
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 April 1989.
Slight
Car crash on the B369 in Elmbridge, 7 April 1989
At the same spotRef 198901VK00312
Serious
Car crash on the B369 in Elmbridge, 13 February 1988
At the same spotRef 198801VD00162
Slight
Car crash on the B369 in Elmbridge, 16 April 2024
8 m awayRef 2024451432767
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B369 in Elmbridge, 11 June 2005
10 m awayRef 200545EL70098
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B369 in Elmbridge, 17 February 1984
10 m awayRef 198401VD00152
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B369 in Elmbridge, 19 July 2011
10 m awayRef 201145EL62630
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), 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 198501VD00777 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 1985.