B2180 crash in Horsham on 7 December 2006 at 08:50 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
A Vauxhall Zafira and a Gilera Dna 50 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B2180 in Horsham at 08:50 on Thursday 7 December 2006. The 16-year-old male rider of the Gilera Dna 50 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Dec 2006
- Thursday, 08:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Zafira and Gilera Dna 50
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.07122, longitude -0.3257, in the RH12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Horsham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Trafalgar, Horsham, RH12 2QS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Horsham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006470610668
- Council area
- Horsham
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2180
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Authorised person
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 March 1990.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B2180 in Horsham, 8 March 1990
10 m awayRef 199047NA00145
Slight
Car crash on the B2180 in Horsham, 15 July 1984
30 m awayRef 198447NA40286
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the B2180 in Horsham, 9 September 2012
32 m awayRef 2012471204677
Slight
Renault crash on the B2180 in Horsham, 16 July 2009
45 m awayRef 2009470905141
Slight
Car crash on the B2180 in Horsham, 27 February 1981
45 m awayRef 198147NA10144
Serious
Ford Kuga crash on the B2180 in Horsham, 26 April 2025
49 m awayRef 2025471582391
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Gilera Dna 50
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Gilera Dna 50)
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 2006470610668 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 2006.