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A259 crash in Arun on 21 March 1979 at 07:30 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A259 in Arun at 07:30 on Wednesday 21 March 1979. The 75-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Mar 1979
Wednesday, 07:30
Vehicles
2
Bus or coach and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.80964, longitude -0.54459, in the BN17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Littlehampton.

Map of where the crash happened in Arun

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197947XA90158
Council area
Arun
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
284

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 August 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    75 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 75, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 197947XA90158 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Arun road accident statistics for 1979.