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Serious A23 crash in Crawley on 21 February 1982 at 13:30 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A23 in Crawley at 13:30 on Sunday 21 February 1982. The 19-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Feb 1982
Sunday, 13:30
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.10126, longitude -0.19494, in the RH10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crawley.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198247NA20137
Council area
Crawley
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
23
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 April 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, 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 198247NA20137 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Crawley road accident statistics for 1982.