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Unclassified road crash in Hastings TN35 on 19 December 1998 at 16:39 involving a Honda CB500 motorcycle

A Honda CB500 motorcycle and a Peugeot 405 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Hastings at 16:39 on Saturday 19 December 1998. The 26-year-old male rider of the Honda CB500 motorcycle and a 24-year-old female passenger on the Honda CB500 motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Dec 1998
Saturday, 16:39
Vehicles
2
Honda CB500 and Peugeot 405
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.87477, longitude 0.6307, in the TN35 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Hastings

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199847T001688
Council area
Hastings
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 July 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda CB500

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    499 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 405

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda CB500)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda CB500)

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 199847T001688 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hastings road accident statistics for 1998.