Serious B2192 crash in Lewes on 26 May 2011 at 09:34 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Honda SH125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B2192 in Lewes at 09:34 on Thursday 26 May 2011. The 58-year-old male rider of the Honda SH125 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 26 May 2011
- Thursday, 09:34
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Honda SH125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.89924, longitude 0.0787, in the BN8 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Lewes
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011471103255
- Council area
- Lewes
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- East Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2192
- 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
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 November 1996.
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the B2192 in Lewes, 22 November 1996
14 m awayRef 199647SA60888
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the B2192 in Lewes, 10 December 2014
24 m awayRef 2014471407285
Serious
Suzuki crash on the B2192 in Lewes, 17 July 2024
25 m awayRef 2024471469523
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B2192 in Lewes, 13 June 2019
69 m awayRef 2019470847750
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B2192 in Lewes, 18 December 2024
87 m awayRef 2024471531678
Slight
Volvo crash on the B2192 in Lewes, 5 May 2000
150 m awayRef 200047S005064
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Honda SH125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 58, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda SH125)
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 2011471103255 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 2011.