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Serious B2139 crash in Horsham on 20 August 1995 at 09:10 involving a Suzuki motorcycle

A Suzuki motorcycle and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on the B2139 in Horsham at 09:10 on Sunday 20 August 1995. The 33-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Aug 1995
Sunday, 09:10
Vehicles
2
Suzuki and Austin Metro
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.91649, longitude -0.46842, in the RH20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Storrington.

Map of where the crash happened in Horsham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199547NA50474
Council area
Horsham
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2139
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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 serious injury crash on 20 June 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    937 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 33, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Suzuki)

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 199547NA50474 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 1995.