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A259 crash in Rother on 25 August 2003 at 10:50 involving a Kawasaki ZX636 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZX636 motorcycle and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A259 in Rother at 10:50 on Monday 25 August 2003. The 29-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX636 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Aug 2003
Monday, 10:50
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki ZX636 and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94885, longitude 0.73088, in the TN31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rye. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rye & Winchelsea, Rother, TN31 7JA area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200347K166194
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
259
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Daylight
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 23 May 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX636

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    636 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX636)

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 200347K166194 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 2003.