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A2100 crash in Hastings on 18 March 1979 at 03:40 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A2100 in Hastings at 03:40 on Sunday 18 March 1979. The 20-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Mar 1979
Sunday, 03:40
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.89289, longitude 0.53928, in the TN38 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Hastings

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197947TA90102
Council area
Hastings
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2100
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
2159

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 April 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, 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 197947TA90102 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hastings road accident statistics for 1979.