Unclassified road crash in Arun PO21 on 17 February 2013 at 13:43 involving a Suzuki GSX 1300 motorcycle
A Suzuki GSX 1300 motorcycle and a Kia Rio were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Arun at 13:43 on Sunday 17 February 2013. The 62-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSX 1300 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Feb 2013
- Sunday, 13:43
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki GSX 1300 and Kia Rio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.78694, longitude -0.71496, in the PO21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bognor Regis. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aldwick West, Arun, PO21 3RL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Arun
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013471300903
- Council area
- Arun
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Daylight
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 10 June 1996.
Slight
Colt Galant crash on a C road in Arun, 10 June 1996
1 m awayRef 199647YA60400
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on a C road in Arun, 25 October 2002
1 m awayRef 200247K155997
Serious
Car crash on a C road in Arun, 25 December 1984
10 m awayRef 198447YA40798
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Arun, 1 February 2008
11 m awayRef 2008470800838
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on a C road in Arun, 1 August 1992
20 m awayRef 199247YA20456
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on an unclassified road in Arun, 27 July 2000
22 m awayRef 200047Y003808
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSX 1300
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,298 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Kia Rio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 62, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSX 1300)
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 2013471300903 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Arun road accident statistics for 2013.