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Unclassified road crash in Lewes BN9 on 11 June 1987 at 08:00 involving a bicycle

A bicycle, a car and a lorry were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Lewes at 08:00 on Thursday 11 June 1987. The 38-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Jun 1987
Thursday, 08:00
Vehicles
3
Bicycle and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79864, longitude 0.0552, in the BN9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newhaven.

Map of where the crash happened in Lewes

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198747CA70467
Council area
Lewes
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 October 2020.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

  • Vehicle 3: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Offside

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, 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 198747CA70467 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 1987.