Unclassified road crash in Horsham RH20 on 14 December 2005 at 12:30 involving a Citroen Xsara
A Citroen Xsara and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Horsham at 12:30 on Wednesday 14 December 2005. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Dec 2005
- Wednesday, 12:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen Xsara and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.92959, longitude -0.39071, in the RH20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ashington. It is one of the crashes that make up the West Chiltington, Thakeham & Ashington, Horsham, RH20 3QF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Horsham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005470510745
- Council area
- Horsham
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 April 1994.
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on the A24 in Horsham, 9 April 1994
20 m awayRef 199447NA40158
Slight
Car crash on the A24 in Horsham, 7 December 1984
20 m awayRef 198447MA40305
Slight
Car crash on the A24 in Horsham, 3 August 1984
20 m awayRef 198447MA40186
Slight
Audi 80 crash on a C road in Horsham, 16 August 1996
20 m awayRef 199647NA60521
Slight
Lorry crash on the A24 in Horsham, 7 August 1985
20 m awayRef 198547MA50189
Serious
Lorry crash on the A24 in Horsham, 6 December 1989
22 m awayRef 198947NA90747
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,749 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 2005470510745 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 2005.