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Serious A23 crash in Crawley on 12 August 1997 at 20:58 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A23 in Crawley at 20:58 on Tuesday 12 August 1997. The 28-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Aug 1997
Tuesday, 20:58
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.14397, longitude -0.1827, in the RH10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hookwood.

Map of where the crash happened in Crawley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199747NA70523
Council area
Crawley
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
23
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
C

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 7 November 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,389 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, 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 199747NA70523 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 1997.