Unclassified road crash in Worthing BN11 on 2 May 2015 at 21:00 involving a Skoda Octavia taxi
A Skoda Octavia taxi and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Worthing at 21:00 on Saturday 2 May 2015. The 19-year-old male cyclist 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
- 2 May 2015
- Saturday, 21:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Octavia and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81475, longitude -0.36832, in the BN11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worthing. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central, Worthing, BN11 9SH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Worthing
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015471502418
- Council area
- Worthing
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 259
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 August 2017.
Slight
Chevrolet Tacuma crash on the A259 in Worthing, 11 August 2017
3 m awayRef 2017471704565
Serious
Scania crash on the A259 in Worthing, 18 August 2013
3 m awayRef 2013471304299
Slight
Car crash on the A259 in Worthing, 14 July 1986
4 m awayRef 198647XA60351
Slight
Lorry crash on the A259 in Worthing, 27 September 1983
4 m awayRef 198347XA30615
Serious
Car crash on the A259 in Worthing, 19 January 1988
4 m awayRef 198847XA80044
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A259 in Worthing, 14 September 1988
4 m awayRef 198847XA80625
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 19, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2015471502418 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Worthing road accident statistics for 2015.