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A23 crash in Crawley on 5 August 2012 at 17:20 involving a Triumph motorcycle

A Triumph motorcycle crashed on the A23 in Crawley at 17:20 on Sunday 5 August 2012. A 10-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Aug 2012
Sunday, 17:20
Vehicles
1
Triumph
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.14616, longitude -0.16587, in the RH6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Langley Green & Tushmore, Crawley, RH10 9RT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Crawley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012471203995
Council area
Crawley
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
23
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 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
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Oil or diesel
Carriageway hazards
Oil or diesel

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 December 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Triumph

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    744 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    35 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Triumph)

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 2012471203995 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Crawley road accident statistics for 2012.