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Fatal A20 crash in Sevenoaks on 17 September 1979 at 23:55 involving a lorry

A lorry and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A20 in Sevenoaks at 23:55 on Monday 17 September 1979. The 28-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
17 Sep 1979
Monday, 23:55
Vehicles
2
Lorry and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38902, longitude 0.17598, in the BR8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Sevenoaks

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979463206929
Council area
Sevenoaks
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
20
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 March 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 28, 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 1979463206929 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sevenoaks road accident statistics for 1979.