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B2198 crash in Chichester on 12 May 2001 at 15:15 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B2198 in Chichester at 15:15 on Saturday 12 May 2001. The 35-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle 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
12 May 2001
Saturday, 15:15
Vehicles
2
Yamaha and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7786, longitude -0.8471, in the PO20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the The Witterings, Chichester, PO20 7BL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Chichester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200147Y136362
Council area
Chichester
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2198
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 29 March 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, motorcyclist (over 125cc), 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 200147Y136362 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Chichester road accident statistics for 2001.