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A27 crash in Chichester on 15 October 1985 at 20:10 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A27 in Chichester at 20:10 on Tuesday 15 October 1985. The 17-year-old female rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Oct 1985
Tuesday, 20:10
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84616, longitude -0.75539, in the PO18 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Chichester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198547YA50576
Council area
Chichester
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
27
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
27

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 15 March 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, 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 198547YA50576 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Chichester road accident statistics for 1985.