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Serious A270 crash in Adur on 17 January 2019 at 05:53 involving a Kia Sportage

A Kia Sportage and a Honda SCV100F motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A270 in Adur at 05:53 on Thursday 17 January 2019. The 66-year-old female rider of the Honda SCV100F motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Jan 2019
Thursday, 05:53
Vehicles
2
Kia Sportage and Honda SCV100F
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84135, longitude -0.249, in the BN43 postcode district and within the built-up area of Shoreham-by-Sea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Southlands, Adur, BN43 6TB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Adur

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019471900348
Council area
Adur
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
270
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Unclassified

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
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
98%
Estimated chance it was slight
2%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 January 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kia Sportage

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,685 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Honda SCV100F

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    102 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 66, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda SCV100F)

    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 2019471900348 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 2019.