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Serious A259 crash in Lewes on 20 July 1984 at 21:30 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A259 in Lewes at 21:30 on Friday 20 July 1984. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 16-year-old male passenger on the motorcycle were seriously injured and the 37-year-old male driver of the car was slightly 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
Serious
Date
20 Jul 1984
Friday, 21:30
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79754, longitude 0.06664, in the BN9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Lewes

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198447CA40788
Council area
Lewes
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
259
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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 August 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: 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
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 198447CA40788 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 1984.