A284 crash in Arun on 2 September 1985 at 15:20 involving a bicycle
A bicycle and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A284 in Arun at 15:20 on Monday 2 September 1985. The 11-year-old male cyclist and the 40-year-old male rider of the motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Sep 1985
- Monday, 15:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81809, longitude -0.54419, in the BN17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wick.
Map of where the crash happened in Arun
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198547XA50428
- Council area
- Arun
- Police force
- Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 284
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 28 September 2008.
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A284 in Arun, 28 September 2008
At the same spotRef 2008470807405
Serious
Car crash on the A284 in Arun, 13 February 1984
At the same spotRef 198447XA40062
Slight
Leyland DAF 200 crash on the A284 in Arun, 11 June 1996
At the same spotRef 199647YA60405
Serious
Alexander Dennis crash on the A284 in Arun, 27 November 2021
3 m awayRef 2021471114956
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A284 in Arun, 14 November 2018
5 m awayRef 2018471806267
Serious
Hyundai i10 crash on the A284 in Arun, 19 December 2025
7 m awayRef 2025471686308
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 11, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
Casualty 2: Rider
SlightMale, aged 40, 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 198547XA50428 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Arun road accident statistics for 1985.