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A23 crash in Brighton and Hove on 12 December 1991 at 05:50 involving a Renault Master van

A Renault Master van and a Honda motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A23 in Brighton and Hove at 05:50 on Thursday 12 December 1991. The 28-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on an icy single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Dec 1991
Thursday, 05:50
Vehicles
2
Renault Master and Honda
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.87847, longitude -0.16447, in the BN45 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Brighton and Hove

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199147CA10844
Council area
Brighton and Hove
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
23
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dark, no street lighting
Road surface
Frost or ice
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 November 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Master

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Road works
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    2,499 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda)

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 199147CA10844 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 1991.