Serious B2225 crash in Arun on 3 July 2004 at 21:04 involving a Piaggio NRG motorcycle
A Piaggio NRG motorcycle and a Citroen C8 were involved in a crash on the B2225 in Arun at 21:04 on Saturday 3 July 2004. The 22-year-old male rider of the Piaggio NRG motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 3 Jul 2004
- Saturday, 21:04
- Vehicles
- 2
- Piaggio NRG and Citroen C8
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82903, longitude -0.4832, in the BN16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rustington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Angmering & Findon, Arun, BN16 4BP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Arun
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200447K176397
- Council area
- Arun
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2225
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 98%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 2%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 23 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 January 2017.
Slight
Mercedes ML Class crash on an unclassified road in Arun, 21 January 2017
23 m awayRef 2017471700478
Serious
Car crash on the A280 in Arun, 25 August 1984
32 m awayRef 198447XA40449
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A280 in Arun, 27 February 1988
45 m awayRef 198847XA80170
Serious
Car crash on the A280 in Arun, 3 August 1984
45 m awayRef 198447XA40409
Slight
Honda WW125 crash on an unclassified road in Arun, 7 September 2022
48 m awayRef 2022471216808
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A280 in Arun, 19 November 1993
50 m awayRef 199347YA30710
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Piaggio NRG
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen C8
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 22, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio NRG)
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 200447K176397 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Arun road accident statistics for 2004.