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A279 crash in Horsham on 25 March 1991 at 17:00 involving a BMW K 100 RT motorcycle

A BMW K 100 RT motorcycle crashed on the A279 in Horsham at 17:00 on Monday 25 March 1991. The 49-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
25 Mar 1991
Monday, 17:00
Vehicles
1
BMW K 100 RT
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.0237, longitude -0.26312, in the RH13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Horsham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199147NA10169
Council area
Horsham
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
279
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 December 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW K 100 RT

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    980 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (BMW K 100 RT)

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 199147NA10169 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Horsham road accident statistics for 1991.