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Unclassified road crash in Crawley RH10 on 17 May 1979 at 12:50 involving a motorcycle

Two motorcycles and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Crawley at 12:50 on Thursday 17 May 1979. The 17-year-old male rider of vehicle 1 and the 17-year-old male rider of vehicle 3 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 May 1979
Thursday, 12:50
Vehicles
3
Motorcycle and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.13495, longitude -0.17505, in the RH10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crawley.

Map of where the crash happened in Crawley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197947NA90376
Council area
Crawley
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 May 1996.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

  • Vehicle 3: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 3 (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 197947NA90376 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Crawley road accident statistics for 1979.