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A2021 crash in Eastbourne on 14 October 1994 at 11:43 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle and a taxi were involved in a crash on the A2021 in Eastbourne at 11:43 on Friday 14 October 1994. The 17-year-old female rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Oct 1994
Friday, 11:43
Vehicles
2
Yamaha and taxi
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.78406, longitude 0.26921, in the BN21 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Eastbourne

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199447SA40680
Council area
Eastbourne
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2021
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 July 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (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 199447SA40680 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 1994.