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B2165 crash in Rother on 18 February 1998 at 11:55 involving a BMW K 1100 LT motorcycle

A BMW K 1100 LT motorcycle crashed on the B2165 in Rother at 11:55 on Wednesday 18 February 1998. The 52-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Feb 1998
Wednesday, 11:55
Vehicles
1
BMW K 1100 LT
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.96969, longitude 0.57267, in the TN31 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Rother

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199847TA80064
Council area
Rother
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2165
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 140 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 July 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW K 1100 LT

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    East
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,092 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (BMW K 1100 LT)

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 199847TA80064 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rother road accident statistics for 1998.