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A259 crash in Adur on 10 October 1985 at 18:50 involving a van

A van and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A259 in Adur at 18:50 on Thursday 10 October 1985. The 25-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Oct 1985
Thursday, 18:50
Vehicles
2
Van and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82205, longitude -0.3169, in the BN15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lancing and Sompting.

Map of where the crash happened in Adur

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198547MA50250
Council area
Adur
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
2222

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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 7 December 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, 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 198547MA50250 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Adur road accident statistics for 1985.