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C road crash in Wealden TN22 on 5 March 1990 at 13:15 involving a Suzuki motorcycle

A Suzuki motorcycle and a Mercedes 200 were involved in a crash on a C road in Wealden at 13:15 on Monday 5 March 1990. The 20-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Mar 1990
Monday, 13:15
Vehicles
2
Suzuki and Mercedes 200
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.9696, longitude 0.09592, in the TN22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Uckfield.

Map of where the crash happened in Wealden

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199047LA00115
Council area
Wealden
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 2 March 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    748 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes 200

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    Entering lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    81 years
    Engine capacity
    2,525 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Suzuki)

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 199047LA00115 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wealden road accident statistics for 1990.