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Serious A259 crash in Lewes on 10 June 1985 at 19:27 involving a motorcycle

Two motorcycles were involved in a crash on the A259 in Lewes at 19:27 on Monday 10 June 1985. The 25-year-old male rider of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Jun 1985
Monday, 19:27
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and another
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79366, longitude 0.04689, in the BN9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newhaven.

Map of where the crash happened in Lewes

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198547CA50559
Council area
Lewes
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
259
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
259

Pedestrian crossing information

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

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 16 June 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Towing and articulation
    Other tow
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, 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 198547CA50559 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 1985.