A26 crash in Lewes on 9 August 2019 at 15:18 involving a Suzuki motorcycle
A Suzuki motorcycle, a Nissan X-Trail and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A26 in Lewes at 15:18 on Friday 9 August 2019. The 51-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Aug 2019
- Friday, 15:18
- Vehicles
- 3
- Suzuki and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86742, longitude 0.02442, in the BN8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lewes Priory, Lewes, BN7 2XG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lewes
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019470866780
- 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
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 26
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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 2 September 1997.
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the A26 in Lewes, 2 September 1997
1 m awayRef 199747SA70602
Slight
Volkswagen LT 28 crash on the A26 in Lewes, 14 December 2001
15 m awayRef 200147S145932
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A26 in Lewes, 16 September 2008
15 m awayRef 2008470807150
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A26 in Lewes, 11 January 2018
20 m awayRef 2018471800166
Serious
Peugeot 308 crash on the A26 in Lewes, 29 September 2013
22 m awayRef 2013471305121
Slight
Rover 75 crash on the A26 in Lewes, 9 September 2022
22 m awayRef 2022471217658
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 23 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan X-Trail
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 51, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
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 2019470866780 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 2019.