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A270 crash in Brighton and Hove on 14 September 2017 at 23:48 involving a Piaggio Vespa motorcycle

A Piaggio Vespa motorcycle crashed on the A270 in Brighton and Hove at 23:48 on Thursday 14 September 2017. The 48-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Sep 2017
Thursday, 23:48
Vehicles
1
Piaggio Vespa
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83142, longitude -0.13079, 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
2017471705254
Council area
Brighton and Hove
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
270
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 March 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Piaggio Vespa

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    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
    48 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio Vespa)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2017471705254 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.