A272 crash in Mid Sussex on 24 November 2018 at 12:50 involving a Triumph Daytona 675 motorcycle
A Triumph Daytona 675 motorcycle crashed on the A272 in Mid Sussex at 12:50 on Saturday 24 November 2018. The 26-year-old male rider was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Nov 2018
- Saturday, 12:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Triumph Daytona 675
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.98691, longitude -0.19628, in the RH17 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cuckfield, Bolney & Ansty, Mid Sussex, RH17 5RA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Mid Sussex
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018471806487
- Council area
- Mid Sussex
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 272
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 23
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Mud
- Carriageway hazards
- Mud
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 May 2021.
Slight
Honda GLR 125 crash on the A272 in Mid Sussex, 3 May 2021
4 m awayRef 2021471042673
Slight
MG Montego crash on the A272 in Mid Sussex, 27 August 1990
5 m awayRef 199047HA00388
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A272 in Mid Sussex, 30 March 2011
14 m awayRef 2011471102029
Serious
Car crash on the A272 in Mid Sussex, 24 September 1989
14 m awayRef 198947HA90468
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A272 in Mid Sussex, 24 January 1983
16 m awayRef 198347NA30062
Slight
Van crash on the A272 in Mid Sussex, 14 September 1983
16 m awayRef 198347NA30673
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Triumph Daytona 675
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 675 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 26, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Triumph Daytona 675)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2018471806487 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Sussex road accident statistics for 2018.