C road crash in Eastbourne BN22 on 11 October 1985 at 11:55 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on a C road in Eastbourne at 11:55 on Friday 11 October 1985. The 18-year-old female rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Oct 1985
- Friday, 11:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.77828, longitude 0.30695, in the BN22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eastbourne.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198547SA50312
- Council area
- Eastbourne
- Police force
- Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- 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
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 18, motorcyclist (50cc and under), 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 198547SA50312 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 1985.