B2223 crash in Worthing on 17 August 2018 at 13:22 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Yamaha YZF R6 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B2223 in Worthing at 13:22 on Friday 17 August 2018. The 28-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YZF R6 motorcycle was slightly 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
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Aug 2018
- Friday, 13:22
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Yamaha YZF R6
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8268, longitude -0.36504, in the BN14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worthing. It is one of the crashes that make up the Broadwater, Worthing, BN14 9LL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Worthing
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018471804607
- Council area
- Worthing
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2223
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 June 2013.
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the B2223 in Worthing, 15 June 2013
9 m awayRef 2013471303062
Slight
Kawasaki KLE650 crash on the B2223 in Worthing, 28 February 2019
14 m awayRef 2019471901148
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Worthing, 7 May 2003
16 m awayRef 200347K162504
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B2223 in Worthing, 31 December 2006
19 m awayRef 2006470611435
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the B2223 in Worthing, 2 March 2004
23 m awayRef 200447K172565
Slight
Car crash on the B2223 in Worthing, 17 February 1981
27 m awayRef 198147XA10110
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Yamaha YZF R6
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 28, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha YZF R6)
- 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 2018471804607 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Worthing road accident statistics for 2018.