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A23 crash in Brighton and Hove on 13 October 1979 at 17:15 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A23 in Brighton and Hove at 17:15 on Saturday 13 October 1979. The 16-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Oct 1979
Saturday, 17:15
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82505, longitude -0.13562, in the BN2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brighton and Hove.

Map of where the crash happened in Brighton and Hove

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197947CA91025
Council area
Brighton and Hove
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 2 August 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 197947CA91025 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Brighton and Hove road accident statistics for 1979.