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Serious A259 crash in Worthing on 12 February 2008 at 12:30 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A259 in Worthing at 12:30 on Tuesday 12 February 2008. The 78-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Feb 2008
Tuesday, 12:30
Vehicles
2
Yamaha and Vauxhall Corsa
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81518, longitude -0.37008, in the BN11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worthing. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central, Worthing, BN11 9SH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Worthing

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008470801210
Council area
Worthing
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
259
Road type
One way street
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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
98%
Estimated chance it was slight
2%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a fatal crash on 1 July 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    78 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,199 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 78, motorcyclist (50cc and under), 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 2008470801210 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Worthing road accident statistics for 2008.