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A26 crash in Lewes on 31 August 2000 at 19:56 involving a Honda CBR1100XX motorcycle

A Honda CBR1100XX motorcycle crashed on the A26 in Lewes at 19:56 on Thursday 31 August 2000. The 40-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Aug 2000
Thursday, 19:56
Vehicles
1
Honda CBR1100XX
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82046, longitude 0.03275, in the BN9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Lewes

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200047S126643
Council area
Lewes
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
26
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Oil or diesel
Carriageway hazards
Oil or diesel

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 February 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda CBR1100XX

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,137 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBR1100XX)

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 200047S126643 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 2000.