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A264 crash in Horsham on 6 February 1980 at 15:00 involving a taxi

A taxi and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A264 in Horsham at 15:00 on Wednesday 6 February 1980. The 35-year-old female cyclist was 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
6 Feb 1980
Wednesday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Taxi and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.06974, longitude -0.31236, in the RH13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Horsham.

Map of where the crash happened in Horsham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198047NA00100
Council area
Horsham
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
264
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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 7 August 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Open door of vehicle
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, 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 198047NA00100 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Horsham road accident statistics for 1980.