A281 crash in Horsham on 25 June 2017 at 11:04 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a KTM 1290 Superduke motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A281 in Horsham at 11:04 on Sunday 25 June 2017. The 56-year-old male rider of the KTM 1290 Superduke motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Jun 2017
- Sunday, 11:04
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and KTM 1290 Superduke
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.9771, longitude -0.27911, in the RH13 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Horsham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017471703496
- 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
- 281
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 April 2007.
Serious
Volkswagen LT 35 crash on the A281 in Horsham, 21 April 2007
7 m awayRef 2007470703349
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A281 in Horsham, 16 October 2011
9 m awayRef 2011471106508
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A281 in Horsham, 16 March 2023
9 m awayRef 2023471287370
Serious
Volvo 360 crash on the A281 in Horsham, 17 December 2000
13 m awayRef 200047N131259
Slight
Suzuki GSXS crash on the A281 in Horsham, 22 July 2023
13 m awayRef 2023471332847
Slight
Van crash on the A281 in Horsham, 24 March 1989
17 m awayRef 198947NA90176
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: KTM 1290 Superduke
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,301 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 56, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (KTM 1290 Superduke)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2017471703496 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 2017.