A264 crash in Horsham on 19 December 2019 at 08:24 involving a Mercedes Sprinter van
A Mercedes Sprinter van and a Znen ZN 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A264 in Horsham at 08:24 on Thursday 19 December 2019. The 23-year-old male rider of the Znen ZN 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Dec 2019
- Thursday, 08:24
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes Sprinter and Znen ZN 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.08771, longitude -0.3287, in the RH12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Horsham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019470911552
- Council area
- Horsham
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 264
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 January 1995.
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on the A264 in Horsham, 10 January 1995
8 m awayRef 199547NA50026
Serious
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A264 in Horsham, 5 August 2019
63 m awayRef 2019470864865
Serious
Audi TT crash on the A264 in Horsham, 12 August 2016
111 m awayRef 2016471604831
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A264 in Horsham, 12 September 2013
127 m awayRef 2013471304809
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A264 in Horsham, 3 May 2005
132 m awayRef 2005470503314
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A264 in Horsham, 7 December 1997
139 m awayRef 199747NA70859
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Znen ZN 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 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 23, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Znen ZN 125)
- 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 2019470911552 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.