B2121 crash in Brighton and Hove on 18 December 2019 at 12:45 involving a Ford Kuga
A Ford Kuga and a Yamaha GPD 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B2121 in Brighton and Hove at 12:45 on Wednesday 18 December 2019. The 47-year-old male rider of the Yamaha GPD 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Dec 2019
- Wednesday, 12:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Kuga and Yamaha GPD 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82723, longitude -0.14611, in the BN1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brighton and Hove. It is one of the crashes that make up the Regency, Brighton and Hove, BN1 3LZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Brighton and Hove
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019470911171
- Council area
- Brighton and Hove
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2121
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 December 2015.
Slight
Ford C-Max crash on the B2121 in Brighton and Hove, 5 December 2015
2 m awayRef 2015471507220
Slight
Car crash on the B2121 in Brighton and Hove, 30 May 1980
6 m awayRef 198047CA00462
Slight
Car crash on the B2121 in Brighton and Hove, 12 February 1981
6 m awayRef 198147CA10137
Slight
Car crash on the B2121 in Brighton and Hove, 12 February 1979
6 m awayRef 197947CA90101
Serious
Lorry crash on the B2121 in Brighton and Hove, 6 April 1992
6 m awayRef 199247CA20234
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B2121 in Brighton and Hove, 20 December 1983
6 m awayRef 198347CA31354
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Kuga
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Yamaha GPD 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 47, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha GPD 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2019470911171 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Brighton and Hove road accident statistics for 2019.