Unclassified road crash in Eastbourne BN21 on 16 December 1985 at 08:45 involving a van
A van and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Eastbourne at 08:45 on Monday 16 December 1985. The 16-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, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Dec 1985
- Monday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Van and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.78996, longitude 0.26183, in the BN21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eastbourne.
Map of where the crash happened in Eastbourne
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198547SA50390
- Council area
- Eastbourne
- Police force
- Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 February 1992.
Slight
Austin Metro crash on an unclassified road in Eastbourne, 13 February 1992
10 m awayRef 199247SA20075
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B2081 in Eastbourne, 19 August 2006
14 m awayRef 2006470607388
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Eastbourne, 3 December 1985
32 m awayRef 198547SA50380
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on an unclassified road in Eastbourne, 8 February 2012
32 m awayRef 2012471200704
Slight
Toyota Verso crash on an unclassified road in Eastbourne, 9 July 2013
37 m awayRef 2013471303536
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Eastbourne, 5 November 1979
45 m awayRef 197947SA90537
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 16 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 16, 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 198547SA50390 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.