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B2192 crash in Lewes on 30 December 1979 at 10:35 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the B2192 in Lewes at 10:35 on Sunday 30 December 1979. The 20-year-old female rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Dec 1979
Sunday, 10:35
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8869, longitude 0.04799, 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
197947CA91298
Council area
Lewes
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2192
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
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
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 April 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, motorcyclist, 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 197947CA91298 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.