A259 crash in Rother on 15 December 1986 at 09:00 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A259 in Rother at 09:00 on Monday 15 December 1986. The 16-year-old female rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity: Slight
Date: 15 Dec 1986; Monday, 09:00
Vehicles: 2; Motorcycle and car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198647TA60587
Council area: Rother
Police force: Sussex

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 259
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Using private drive or entrance
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class: Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Raining with high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
West
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
16 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Waiting to turn left
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
South
First point of impact
Back
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
31 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Female, aged 16, 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 198647TA60587 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rother road accident statistics for 1986.