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A264 crash in Horsham on 17 December 1985 at 16:40 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A264 in Horsham at 16:40 on Tuesday 17 December 1985. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Dec 1985
Tuesday, 16:40
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.09709, longitude -0.23967, in the RH12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Horsham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198547NA50616
Council area
Horsham
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
264
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
Unclassified

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
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 14 June 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, 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 198547NA50616 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Horsham road accident statistics for 1985.