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A23 crash in Crawley on 3 July 1996 at 16:10 involving a Scania bus

A bicycle and a Scania bus were involved in a crash on the A23 in Crawley at 16:10 on Wednesday 3 July 1996. The 50-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Jul 1996
Wednesday, 16:10
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Scania
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.15877, longitude -0.16324, in the RH6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hookwood.

Map of where the crash happened in Crawley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199647NA60409
Council area
Crawley
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
23
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 31 May 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Scania

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    6,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, on vehicle 1 (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 199647NA60409 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Crawley road accident statistics for 1996.