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Serious M23 crash in Crawley on 2 August 2007 at 12:25 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle crashed on the M23 in Crawley at 12:25 on Thursday 2 August 2007. The 28-year-old female rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Aug 2007
Thursday, 12:25
Vehicles
1
Yamaha
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.15928, longitude -0.15347, in the RH6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pound Hill North & Forge Wood, Crawley, RH6 0LA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Crawley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2007470706455
Council area
Crawley
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
23
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
97%
Estimated chance it was slight
3%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 May 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 28, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), 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 2007470706455 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Crawley road accident statistics for 2007.