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Serious A24 crash in Horsham on 6 May 1991 at 15:20 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle crashed on the A24 in Horsham at 15:20 on Monday 6 May 1991. The 47-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 May 1991
Monday, 15:20
Vehicles
1
Yamaha
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.88748, longitude -0.41037, in the RH20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Findon.

Map of where the crash happened in Horsham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199147NA10230
Council area
Horsham
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
24
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 November 2010.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    249 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 47, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (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 199147NA10230 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.