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Fatal unclassified road crash in Hastings TN38 on 20 May 1980 at 23:36 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a lorry were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Hastings at 23:36 on Tuesday 20 May 1980. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
20 May 1980
Tuesday, 23:36
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and lorry
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85428, longitude 0.52809, in the TN38 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hastings.

Map of where the crash happened in Hastings

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198047TA00221
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, 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 22 June 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), 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 198047TA00221 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 1980.