Serious B2120 crash in Brighton and Hove on 2 June 2018 at 18:43 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Yamaha GPD 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B2120 in Brighton and Hove at 18:43 on Saturday 2 June 2018. The 41-year-old male rider of the Yamaha GPD 125 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Jun 2018
- Saturday, 18:43
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Yamaha GPD 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83067, longitude -0.15211, in the BN3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brighton and Hove. It is one of the crashes that make up the Regency, Brighton and Hove, BN1 3LZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Brighton and Hove
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018471803006
- Council area
- Brighton and Hove
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2120
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 18 August 2021.
Serious
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the B2120 in Brighton and Hove, 18 August 2021
1 m awayRef 2021471078335
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the B2120 in Brighton and Hove, 21 June 2025
1 m awayRef 2025471605944
Slight
Lexmoto XTR 125 crash on the B2120 in Brighton and Hove, 8 November 2014
1 m awayRef 2014471406600
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B2120 in Brighton and Hove, 8 November 2024
3 m awayRef 2024471515977
Serious
Rover Montego crash on the B2120 in Brighton and Hove, 28 May 1991
3 m awayRef 199147CA10339
Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on the B2010 in Brighton and Hove, 14 March 2008
3 m awayRef 2008470802113
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Yamaha GPD 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 41, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha GPD 125)
- 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 2018471803006 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 2018.