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Serious A268 crash in Rother on 25 March 1992 at 16:00 involving a Citroen BX

A Citroen BX and a Yamaha motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A268 in Rother at 16:00 on Wednesday 25 March 1992. The 17-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Mar 1992
Wednesday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Citroen BX and Yamaha
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.97109, longitude 0.7058, in the TN31 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Rother

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199247TA20122
Council area
Rother
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
268
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Other
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 September 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen BX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    82 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    98 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    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 199247TA20122 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rother road accident statistics for 1992.