Serious A283 crash in Horsham on 7 December 2016 at 13:50 involving a Nissan Note
A motorcycle, a Nissan Note and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A283 in Horsham at 13:50 on Wednesday 7 December 2016. The 49-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 7 Dec 2016
- Wednesday, 13:50
- Vehicles
- 3
- Nissan Note and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.87182, longitude -0.29926, in the BN44 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bramber, Upper Beeding & Woodmancote, Horsham, BN44 3TN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Horsham
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016471607384
- 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
- 283
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 99%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 1%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 November 2011.
Slight
Car crash on the A283 in Horsham, 29 November 2011
20 m awayRef 2011471107537
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A283 in Horsham, 8 November 2006
20 m awayRef 2006470609481
Serious
Peugeot 405 crash on the A283 in Horsham, 12 April 1996
21 m awayRef 199647NA60202
Slight
Vauxhall Carlton crash on the A283 in Horsham, 6 June 1993
31 m awayRef 199347XA30256
Serious
Toyota Corolla crash on the A283 in Horsham, 29 March 2021
37 m awayRef 2021471031540
Slight
Toyota Supra crash on the A283 in Horsham, 18 January 2002
40 m awayRef 200247N146413
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 500 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 54 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Note
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 49, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least 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 2016471607384 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 2016.