Serious B2139 crash in Horsham on 10 July 2017 at 10:28 involving a Yamaha WR 125 motorcycle
A Yamaha WR 125 motorcycle, a Mazda CX5 and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the B2139 in Horsham at 10:28 on Monday 10 July 2017. The 18-year-old male rider of the Yamaha WR 125 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 10 Jul 2017
- Monday, 10:28
- Vehicles
- 3
- Yamaha WR 125 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.89717, longitude -0.54126, in the BN18 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Horsham
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017471703848
- Council area
- Horsham
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2139
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- 98%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 2%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 May 2018.
Serious
Seat Ibiza crash on the B2139 in Horsham, 17 May 2018
8 m awayRef 2018471802676
Serious
Mini Cooper crash on the B2139 in Horsham, 4 June 2022
9 m awayRef 2022471184454
Slight
Lorry crash on the B2139 in Horsham, 13 July 1984
9 m awayRef 198447XA40251
Serious
Skoda Enyaq crash on the B2139 in Horsham, 24 September 2022
12 m awayRef 2022471225254
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B2139 in Horsham, 21 October 2012
14 m awayRef 2012471205577
Slight
Peugeot 107 crash on the B2139 in Horsham, 26 August 2012
21 m awayRef 2012471204426
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha WR 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mazda CX5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,191 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha WR 125)
- 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 2017471703848 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.