B2028 crash in Mid Sussex on 10 December 2012 at 17:15 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B2028 in Mid Sussex at 17:15 on Monday 10 December 2012. The 53-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Dec 2012
- Monday, 17:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.00591, longitude -0.10127, in the RH16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Haywards Heath. It is one of the crashes that make up the Haywards Heath Bentswood & Heath, Mid Sussex, RH16 3BB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Mid Sussex
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012471206587
- Council area
- Mid Sussex
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2028
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 February 2004.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B2028 in Mid Sussex, 22 February 2004
20 m awayRef 200447K172258
Serious
Ford Granada crash on the B2028 in Mid Sussex, 6 December 1993
30 m awayRef 199347HA30735
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the B2028 in Mid Sussex, 24 September 1999
32 m awayRef 199947H003302
Slight
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque crash on the B2028 in Mid Sussex, 5 August 2025
36 m awayRef 2025471625377
Serious
Car crash on a C road in Mid Sussex, 21 November 1984
40 m awayRef 198447HA40599
Slight
Baotian BT 49 crash on the B2028 in Mid Sussex, 25 September 2007
40 m awayRef 2007470707980
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 53, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 2012471206587 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Sussex road accident statistics for 2012.