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A259 crash in Eastbourne on 16 October 1991 at 13:45 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Yamaha motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A259 in Eastbourne at 13:45 on Wednesday 16 October 1991. The 17-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Oct 1991
Wednesday, 13:45
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Yamaha
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.77879, longitude 0.29945, in the BN22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eastbourne.

Map of where the crash happened in Eastbourne

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199147SA10435
Council area
Eastbourne
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
259

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 February 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Yamaha)

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 199147SA10435 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Eastbourne road accident statistics for 1991.