A259 crash in Worthing on 4 April 2011 at 17:39 involving a Triumph Street Triple motorcycle
A car and a Triumph Street Triple motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A259 in Worthing at 17:39 on Monday 4 April 2011. The 47-year-old female rider of the Triumph Street Triple motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Apr 2011
- Monday, 17:39
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Triumph Street Triple
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.822, longitude -0.43428, in the BN12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worthing. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castle, Worthing, BN12 6LS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Worthing
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011471102124
- 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
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 2032
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 April 2004.
Slight
Citroen Xantia crash on the A259 in Arun, 24 April 2004
2 m awayRef 200447K174243
Slight
Car crash on the A259 in Worthing, 18 May 1990
2 m awayRef 199047XA00265
Slight
Mazda 6 crash on the A259 in Worthing, 5 May 2015
5 m awayRef 2015471502462
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A259 in Worthing, 24 November 2022
5 m awayRef 2022471247223
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A259 in Worthing, 31 August 1993
9 m awayRef 199347XA30391
Serious
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A259 in Worthing, 2 October 2013
11 m awayRef 2013471305196
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Vehicle 2: Triumph Street Triple
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 675 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 47, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Triumph Street Triple)
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 2011471102124 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 2011.