A259 crash in Lewes on 27 December 1986 at 11:05 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A259 in Lewes at 11:05 on Saturday 27 December 1986. The 13-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 27 Dec 1986; Saturday, 11:05
Vehicles: 2; Bicycle and car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198647CA61397
Council area: Lewes
Police force: Sussex

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 259
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 60 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

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Changing lane to right
Travelling from
South East
Travelling to
North West
First point of impact
Back
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
13 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
Travelling from
South East
Travelling to
North West
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
39 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Slight
Male, aged 13, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 198647CA61397 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewes road accident statistics for 1986.