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Serious A269 crash in Rother on 13 November 2002 at 17:05 involving a Renault Megane

A Renault Megane and a Yamaha motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A269 in Rother at 17:05 on Wednesday 13 November 2002. The 28-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Nov 2002
Wednesday, 17:05
Vehicles
2
Renault Megane and Yamaha
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85137, longitude 0.4717, in the TN39 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexhill-on-Sea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bexhill Sidley, Rother, TN39 4FL area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200247K157142
Council area
Rother
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
269
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 February 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Megane

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    123 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha)

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 200247K157142 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 2002.