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A277 crash in Lewes on 30 November 1979 at 18:00 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A277 in Lewes at 18:00 on Friday 30 November 1979. The 20-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Nov 1979
Friday, 18:00
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.87239, longitude 0.00827, in the BN7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewes.

Map of where the crash happened in Lewes

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197947CA91204
Council area
Lewes
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
277
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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 February 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, 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 197947CA91204 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.