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A259 crash in Arun on 21 January 1992 at 19:35 involving a Vauxhall Carlton

A Vauxhall Carlton and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A259 in Arun at 19:35 on Tuesday 21 January 1992. The 30-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Jan 1992
Tuesday, 19:35
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Carlton and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.80244, longitude -0.61804, in the BN18 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Arun

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199247YA20051
Council area
Arun
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
259
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
2132

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, 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 9 April 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Carlton

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,979 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 199247YA20051 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Arun road accident statistics for 1992.