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A259 crash in Lewes on 8 December 1992 at 09:30 involving a Renault Master van

A Renault Master van and a Yamaha motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A259 in Lewes at 09:30 on Tuesday 8 December 1992. The 22-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Dec 1992
Tuesday, 09:30
Vehicles
2
Renault Master and Yamaha
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79513, longitude 0.04979, in the BN9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Lewes

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199247LA20495
Council area
Lewes
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
259
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 October 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Master

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    123 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, 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 199247LA20495 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 1992.