Unclassified road crash in Horsham BN44 on 16 July 2019 at 21:49 involving a Yamaha FZS 600 motorcycle
A Yamaha FZS 600 motorcycle and two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Horsham at 21:49 on Tuesday 16 July 2019. The 25-year-old male rider of the Yamaha FZS 600 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Jul 2019
- Tuesday, 21:49
- Vehicles
- 3
- Yamaha FZS 600 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.88772, longitude -0.32752, in the BN44 postcode district and within the built-up area of Steyning. It is one of the crashes that make up the Steyning & Ashurst, Horsham, BN44 3YB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Horsham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019470858281
- Council area
- Horsham
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
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
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 21 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 May 1990.
Serious
Morris Marina crash on a C road in Horsham, 1 May 1990
21 m awayRef 199047XA00246
Slight
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Horsham, 9 May 1996
36 m awayRef 199647NA60300
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on a C road in Horsham, 8 July 1991
36 m awayRef 199147XA10310
Slight
Car crash on the A283 in Horsham, 15 September 1981
42 m awayRef 198147XA10644
Slight
Car crash on the A283 in Horsham, 10 July 1984
42 m awayRef 198447MA40165
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in Horsham, 17 March 2000
42 m awayRef 200047N004573
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha FZS 600
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 25, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha FZS 600)
- 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 2019470858281 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Horsham road accident statistics for 2019.