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B2109 crash in Lewes on 21 October 1996 at 22:10 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B2109 in Lewes at 22:10 on Monday 21 October 1996. The 16-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Oct 1996
Monday, 22:10
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79548, longitude 0.05548, in the BN9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newhaven.

Map of where the crash happened in Lewes

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199647SA60792
Council area
Lewes
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2109
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
A
Second road number
259

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 25 June 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 199647SA60792 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewes road accident statistics for 1996.