A259 crash in Adur on 7 November 2014 at 17:17 involving a Peugeot 3008
A Peugeot 3008 and a Suzuki motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A259 in Adur at 17:17 on Friday 7 November 2014. The 50-year-old female rider of the Suzuki motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Nov 2014
- Friday, 17:17
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 3008 and Suzuki
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83283, longitude -0.26733, in the BN43 postcode district and within the built-up area of Shoreham-by-Sea. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Mary's, Adur, BN43 5WX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Adur
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014471406558
- Council area
- Adur
- 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
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 22 November 2023.
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A259 in Adur, 22 November 2023
1 m awayRef 2023471377820
Serious
Peugeot 107 crash on the A259 in Adur, 25 May 2014
2 m awayRef 2014471402885
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A259 in Adur, 17 February 1994
4 m awayRef 199447XA40079
Slight
Car crash on the A259 in Adur, 9 November 1984
4 m awayRef 198447MA40274
Serious
Car crash on the A259 in Adur, 9 March 2016
4 m awayRef 2016471601440
Slight
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in Adur, 4 March 2007
4 m awayRef 2007470701982
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 3008
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Suzuki
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 50, motorcyclist (125cc to 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 2014471406558 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Adur road accident statistics for 2014.