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A259 crash in Eastbourne on 21 October 1979 at 14:55 involving a taxi

A taxi and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A259 in Eastbourne at 14:55 on Sunday 21 October 1979. A 17-year-old male passenger on the motorcycle, a 16-year-old female passenger in the taxi and a 16-year-old female passenger in the taxi were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Oct 1979
Sunday, 14:55
Vehicles
2
Taxi and motorcycle
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.76929, longitude 0.28863, in the BN21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eastbourne.

Map of where the crash happened in Eastbourne

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197947SA90512
Council area
Eastbourne
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
259
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
B
Second road number
2136

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 21 February 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

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

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle combination

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcycle combination rider or passenger, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 197947SA90512 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Eastbourne road accident statistics for 1979.