B2116 crash in Lewes on 14 December 2009 at 08:45 involving a Gilera Runner 125 motorcycle
A car and a Gilera Runner 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B2116 in Lewes at 08:45 on Monday 14 December 2009. The 23-year-old male rider of the Gilera Runner 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Dec 2009
- Monday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Gilera Runner 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.90243, longitude -0.06467, in the BN7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Lewes
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009470909442
- Council area
- Lewes
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- East Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2116
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Frost or ice
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, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 February 2019.
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the B2116 in Lewes, 19 February 2019
16 m awayRef 2019471900965
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B2116 in Lewes, 14 August 1998
20 m awayRef 199847S001088
Slight
Car crash on the B2116 in Lewes, 14 January 1983
67 m awayRef 198347CA30057
Slight
Car crash on the B2116 in Lewes, 12 January 2019
68 m awayRef 2019471900200
Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on an unclassified road in Lewes, 19 February 2001
73 m awayRef 200147S133689
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B2116 in Lewes, 1 February 2002
130 m awayRef 200247S147147
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
Vehicle 2: Gilera Runner 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 23, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Gilera Runner 125)
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 2009470909442 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewes road accident statistics for 2009.