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Serious A27 crash in Adur on 15 September 2018 at 23:27 involving a Honda ANF125 motorcycle

A Honda ANF125 motorcycle crashed on the A27 in Adur at 23:27 on Saturday 15 September 2018. The 22-year-old female rider was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Sep 2018
Saturday, 23:27
Vehicles
1
Honda ANF125
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8456, longitude -0.26229, in the BN43 postcode district and within the built-up area of Shoreham-by-Sea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Buckingham, Adur, BN43 6HW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Adur

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018471805144
Council area
Adur
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
27
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
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, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 November 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda ANF125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 22, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda ANF125)

    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 2018471805144 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Adur road accident statistics for 2018.