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Serious A29 crash in Arun on 10 May 2018 at 07:36 involving a Toyota Yaris

A Toyota Yaris and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A29 in Arun at 07:36 on Thursday 10 May 2018. The 56-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 May 2018
Thursday, 07:36
Vehicles
2
Toyota Yaris and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81021, longitude -0.66939, in the PO22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Shripney. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bersted, Arun, PO22 9NX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Arun

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018471802517
Council area
Arun
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
29
Road type
Dual 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
99%
Estimated chance it was slight
1%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 December 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Yaris

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    485 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    33 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 56, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2018471802517 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Arun road accident statistics for 2018.