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A27 crash in Chichester on 11 July 1980 at 18:25 involving a taxi

A taxi and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A27 in Chichester at 18:25 on Friday 11 July 1980. The 23-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Jul 1980
Friday, 18:25
Vehicles
2
Taxi and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85132, longitude -0.74147, in the PO18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Westhampnett.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198047YA00381
Council area
Chichester
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
27
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
285

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 18 May 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

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

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (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 198047YA00381 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Chichester road accident statistics for 1980.