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Fatal A275 crash in Lewes on 1 December 1981 at 19:35 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A275 in Lewes at 19:35 on Tuesday 1 December 1981. The 46-year-old male cyclist was killed and the 20-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
1 Dec 1981
Tuesday, 19:35
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and motorcycle
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.93599, longitude -0.0186, in the BN8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Lewes

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198147CA11180
Council area
Lewes
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
275
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 December 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Fatal

    Male, aged 46, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, 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 198147CA11180 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewes road accident statistics for 1981.