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A24 crash in Horsham on 30 December 2012 at 17:20 involving a Citroen C4

A Citroen C4 and an Aprilia motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A24 in Horsham at 17:20 on Sunday 30 December 2012. The 17-year-old male rider of the Aprilia motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Dec 2012
Sunday, 17:20
Vehicles
2
Citroen C4 and Aprilia
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.0876, longitude -0.33268, in the RH12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Itchingfield, Slinfold & Warnham, Horsham, RH12 3QQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Horsham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012471206969
Council area
Horsham
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
24
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
264

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
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 June 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen C4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Aprilia

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Aprilia)

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 2012471206969 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Horsham road accident statistics for 2012.