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Serious unclassified road crash in Hastings TN34 on 19 May 1979 at 14:50 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Hastings at 14:50 on Saturday 19 May 1979. The 18-year-old male rider and a 14-year-old male pedestrian were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 May 1979
Saturday, 14:50
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85773, longitude 0.58412, in the TN34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hastings.

Map of where the crash happened in Hastings

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197947TA90222
Council area
Hastings
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 January 2013.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Bus stop or bus shelter
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 197947TA90222 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.