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Serious A259 crash in Worthing on 7 August 2011 at 22:52 involving a Seat Leon

A Seat Leon, a Suzuki motorcycle and a Nissan Qashqai were involved in a crash on the A259 in Worthing at 22:52 on Sunday 7 August 2011. The 29-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Aug 2011
Sunday, 22:52
Vehicles
3
Seat Leon and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81237, longitude -0.41717, in the BN12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worthing. It is one of the crashes that make up the Goring, Worthing, BN12 4EX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Worthing

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2011471104893
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
Single carriageway
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no 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
97%
Estimated chance it was slight
3%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 March 1991.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Seat Leon

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,595 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 3: Nissan Qashqai

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 29, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki)

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 2011471104893 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.