B278 crash in Sutton on 30 December 1992 at 19:10 involving a Vauxhall Carlton
A Vauxhall Carlton and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B278 in Sutton at 19:10 on Wednesday 30 December 1992. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Dec 1992
- Wednesday, 19:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Carlton and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37381, longitude -0.1762, in the SM5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sutton.
Map of where the crash happened in Sutton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199201ZP01341
- Council area
- Sutton
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 278
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 October 1989.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B278 in Sutton, 7 October 1989
At the same spotRef 198901ZP01091
Slight
Ford S-Max crash on the B278 in Sutton, 15 March 2023
8 m awayRef 2023010432285
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B278 in Sutton, 6 January 2023
8 m awayRef 2023010420219
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B278 in Sutton, 3 July 1985
10 m awayRef 198501ZP00720
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B278 in Sutton, 4 February 2002
10 m awayRef 200201ZT00058
Slight
Car crash on the B278 in Sutton, 13 November 1986
10 m awayRef 198601ZP01211
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Carlton
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), 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 199201ZP01341 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 1992.