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Serious A23 crash in Croydon on 28 January 1985 at 11:55 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A23 in Croydon at 11:55 on Monday 28 January 1985. The 66-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Jan 1985
Monday, 11:55
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.35758, longitude -0.11666, in the CR9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Croydon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198501ZD00058
Council area
Croydon
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
23
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 November 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 66, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (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 198501ZD00058 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Croydon road accident statistics for 1985.