B2028 crash in Mid Sussex on 5 December 2001 at 18:20 involving a Ford KA
A Ford KA and a Kawasaki ZX900 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B2028 in Mid Sussex at 18:20 on Wednesday 5 December 2001. The 35-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX900 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Dec 2001
- Wednesday, 18:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford KA and Kawasaki ZX900
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.12157, longitude -0.08481, in the RH10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crawley Down. It is one of the crashes that make up the Crawley Down, Mid Sussex, RH10 4GB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Mid Sussex
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200147N145160
- Council area
- Mid Sussex
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2028
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 March 2007.
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B2028 in Mid Sussex, 6 March 2007
10 m awayRef 2007470702039
Slight
Mercedes 300 crash on the B2028 in Mid Sussex, 8 January 1990
10 m awayRef 199047HA00028
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B2028 in Mid Sussex, 8 February 1998
10 m awayRef 199847HA80098
Serious
Toyota Yaris crash on the B2028 in Mid Sussex, 13 June 2003
10 m awayRef 200347K163925
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B2028 in Mid Sussex, 1 May 1995
10 m awayRef 199547HA50257
Serious
Toyota Yaris crash on the B2028 in Mid Sussex, 2 January 2024
33 m awayRef 2024471394263
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Kawasaki ZX900
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 899 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 35, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki ZX900)
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 200147N145160 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Sussex road accident statistics for 2001.