A2031 crash in Worthing on 10 December 1980 at 22:35 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A2031 in Worthing at 22:35 on Wednesday 10 December 1980. The 16-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Dec 1980
- Wednesday, 22:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8277, longitude -0.39252, in the BN13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worthing.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198047XA00870
- Council area
- Worthing
- Police force
- Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2031
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 April 1982.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A2031 in Worthing, 24 April 1982
10 m awayRef 198247XA20270
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A2031 in Worthing, 15 May 1990
10 m awayRef 199047XA00263
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A2031 in Worthing, 2 October 2014
12 m awayRef 2014471405690
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A2031 in Worthing, 30 August 2022
16 m awayRef 2022471213915
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A2031 in Worthing, 3 July 2003
20 m awayRef 200347K164481
Slight
Renault Trafic crash on the A2031 in Worthing, 25 March 1994
22 m awayRef 199447XA40134
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 16, 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 198047XA00870 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Worthing road accident statistics for 1980.