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Fatal B2112 crash in Lewes on 27 October 1982 at 17:30 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the B2112 in Lewes at 17:30 on Wednesday 27 October 1982. A 78-year-old male pedestrian was killed and the 20-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
27 Oct 1982
Wednesday, 17:30
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.96849, longitude -0.09085, in the RH17 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Lewes

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198247CA21058
Council area
Lewes
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2112
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, 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 27 February 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 78, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist, 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 198247CA21058 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 1982.