A270 crash in Brighton and Hove on 15 June 2017 at 00:47 involving an Aprilia RS4 motorcycle
An Aprilia RS4 motorcycle and a Skoda Superb taxi were involved in a crash on the A270 in Brighton and Hove at 00:47 on Thursday 15 June 2017. The 20-year-old male rider of the Aprilia RS4 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Jun 2017
- Thursday, 00:47
- Vehicles
- 2
- Aprilia RS4 and Skoda Superb
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83385, longitude -0.12762, in the BN2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brighton and Hove. It is one of the crashes that make up the Round Hill, Brighton and Hove, BN2 3GB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Brighton and Hove
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017471703271
- Council area
- Brighton and Hove
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 270
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 April 2001.
Slight
Piaggio Zip crash on the A270 in Brighton and Hove, 10 April 2001
6 m awayRef 200147C135417
Slight
Leyland National crash on the A27 in Brighton and Hove, 6 May 1991
6 m awayRef 199147CA10274
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A270 in Brighton and Hove, 8 December 2008
6 m awayRef 2008470809522
Serious
Car crash on the A27 in Brighton and Hove, 21 December 1983
6 m awayRef 198347CA31358
Slight
BMW X3 crash on the A270 in Brighton and Hove, 1 December 2015
7 m awayRef 2015471507115
Serious
Peugeot Boxer crash on the A270 in Brighton and Hove, 17 August 2012
7 m awayRef 2012471204226
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Aprilia RS4
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Skoda Superb
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 20, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Aprilia RS4)
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 2017471703271 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Brighton and Hove road accident statistics for 2017.