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Serious C road crash in Wealden TN6 on 3 August 2009 at 16:45 involving a Piaggio Fly motorcycle

A Piaggio Fly motorcycle and a Saab 9000 were involved in a crash on a C road in Wealden at 16:45 on Monday 3 August 2009. The 16-year-old female rider of the Piaggio Fly motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Aug 2009
Monday, 16:45
Vehicles
2
Piaggio Fly and Saab 9000
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.05001, longitude 0.16121, in the TN6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crowborough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Crowborough South West, Wealden, TN6 1LQ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2009470905641
Council area
Wealden
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
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, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 January 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Piaggio Fly

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    16 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Saab 9000

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Engine capacity
    1,985 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio Fly)

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 2009470905641 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wealden road accident statistics for 2009.