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Serious A2025 crash in Adur on 14 May 1997 at 15:38 involving a Mazda RX7

A Mazda RX7 and a Honda NT50H motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A2025 in Adur at 15:38 on Wednesday 14 May 1997. The 67-year-old female rider of the Honda NT50H motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 May 1997
Wednesday, 15:38
Vehicles
2
Mazda RX7 and Honda NT50H
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83645, longitude -0.31766, in the BN15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lancing and Sompting.

Map of where the crash happened in Adur

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199747XA70272
Council area
Adur
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2025
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
27

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Footbridge or subway

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 13 March 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda RX7

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    2,300 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda NT50H

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 67, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda NT50H)

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 199747XA70272 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Adur road accident statistics for 1997.