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Serious A259 crash in Eastbourne on 6 December 1984 at 17:10 involving a lorry

A lorry and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A259 in Eastbourne at 17:10 on Thursday 6 December 1984. The 26-year-old female rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Dec 1984
Thursday, 17:10
Vehicles
2
Lorry and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.76928, longitude 0.27984, in the BN21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eastbourne.

Map of where the crash happened in Eastbourne

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198447SA40650
Council area
Eastbourne
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
259
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 December 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

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

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 26, motorcyclist (50cc and under), 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 198447SA40650 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Eastbourne road accident statistics for 1984.