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Serious A2073 crash in Brighton and Hove on 25 March 1996 at 16:45 involving a Peugeot 306

A Peugeot 306 and a Honda motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A2073 in Brighton and Hove at 16:45 on Monday 25 March 1996. The 33-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle was seriously injured and the 37-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 306 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Mar 1996
Monday, 16:45
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 306 and Honda
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8303, longitude -0.13214, in the BN2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brighton and Hove.

Map of where the crash happened in Brighton and Hove

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199647CA60251
Council area
Brighton and Hove
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2073
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 6 June 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 306)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 33, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda)

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 199647CA60251 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Brighton and Hove road accident statistics for 1996.