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Serious A259 crash in Adur on 9 March 2016 at 09:00 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A259 in Adur at 09:00 on Wednesday 9 March 2016. The 52-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Mar 2016
Wednesday, 09:00
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8328, longitude -0.26731, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016471601440
Council area
Adur
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
259
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
97%
Estimated chance it was slight
3%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 May 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 52, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

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 2016471601440 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 2016.