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A275 crash in Lewes on 8 September 1984 at 20:00 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A275 in Lewes at 20:00 on Saturday 8 September 1984. The 33-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Sep 1984
Saturday, 20:00
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94405, longitude -0.0221, in the BN8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Lewes

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198447CA41001
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 26 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 July 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 198447CA41001 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.