A259 crash in Brighton and Hove on 3 August 2018 at 22:41 involving a KTM RC 125 motorcycle
A KTM RC 125 motorcycle and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A259 in Brighton and Hove at 22:41 on Friday 3 August 2018. The 19-year-old male rider of the KTM RC 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Aug 2018
- Friday, 22:41
- Vehicles
- 2
- KTM RC 125 and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82951, longitude -0.20856, 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 South Portslade, Brighton and Hove, BN41 1GA 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
- 2018471804318
- Council area
- Brighton and Hove
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 259
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 2194
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 22 March 1981.
Slight
Car crash on the A259 in Brighton and Hove, 22 March 1981
1 m awayRef 198147CA10251
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A259 in Brighton and Hove, 15 August 1992
1 m awayRef 199247CA20649
Serious
Mercedes Cla Class crash on the A259 in Brighton and Hove, 12 August 2020
1 m awayRef 2020470972161
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A259 in Brighton and Hove, 30 October 1994
1 m awayRef 199447CA40879
Slight
Car crash on the A259 in Brighton and Hove, 15 May 1983
1 m awayRef 198347CA30460
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A259 in Brighton and Hove, 5 October 2010
1 m awayRef 2010471006664
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: KTM RC 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- 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
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 19, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (KTM RC 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 2018471804318 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.