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Serious C road crash in Brighton and Hove BN3 on 1 May 1987 at 18:00 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on a C road in Brighton and Hove at 18:00 on Friday 1 May 1987. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 May 1987
Friday, 18:00
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84558, longitude -0.16023, in the BN3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brighton and Hove.

Map of where the crash happened in Brighton and Hove

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198747CA70341
Council area
Brighton and Hove
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 January 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, 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 198747CA70341 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Brighton and Hove road accident statistics for 1987.