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A27 crash in Lewes on 21 April 1979 at 12:25 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A27 in Lewes at 12:25 on Saturday 21 April 1979. The 39-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Apr 1979
Saturday, 12:25
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85341, longitude 0.09554, in the BN8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Lewes

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197947CA90330
Council area
Lewes
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
27
Road type
Single 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 December 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle combination

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, motorcycle combination rider or passenger, 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 197947CA90330 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewes road accident statistics for 1979.