A283 crash in Adur on 24 December 2018 at 09:19 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Yamaha MT07 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A283 in Adur at 09:19 on Monday 24 December 2018. The 48-year-old male rider of the Yamaha MT07 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Dec 2018
- Monday, 09:19
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Yamaha MT07
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8466, longitude -0.28485, in the BN43 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Nicolas, Adur, BN43 5NW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Adur
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018471807174
- Council area
- Adur
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 283
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 27
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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 18 January 2024.
Slight
Citroen C1 crash on the A283 in Adur, 18 January 2024
1 m awayRef 2024471400162
Serious
Mercedes CLK Class crash on the A283 in Adur, 18 August 2016
1 m awayRef 2016471604996
Slight
Vauxhall Astravan crash on the A283 in Adur, 11 October 2009
4 m awayRef 2009470907557
Slight
Renault 19 crash on the A283 in Adur, 26 September 2005
4 m awayRef 2005470507999
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A283 in Adur, 12 June 2007
4 m awayRef 2007470705207
Slight
Scania crash on the A283 in Adur, 9 June 2005
4 m awayRef 2005470504477
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Yamaha MT07
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 689 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 48, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha MT07)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2018471807174 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.