A27 crash in Worthing on 14 December 2020 at 23:55 involving a Land Rover Range Rover Sport
A Land Rover Range Rover Sport and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A27 in Worthing at 23:55 on Monday 14 December 2020. The 43-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Dec 2020
- Monday, 23:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Land Rover Range Rover Sport and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83403, longitude -0.37037, in the BN14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worthing. It is one of the crashes that make up the Broadwater, Worthing, BN14 9LL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Worthing
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020471006903
- Council area
- Worthing
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 27
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- 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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 April 2012.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A27 in Worthing, 2 April 2012
7 m awayRef 2012471201733
Slight
Car crash on the A27 in Worthing, 30 November 1989
13 m awayRef 198947XA90678
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A27 in Worthing, 7 October 1994
17 m awayRef 199447XA40473
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A27 in Worthing, 16 March 2019
17 m awayRef 2019471901452
Serious
Honda Jazz crash on the A27 in Worthing, 26 November 2009
17 m awayRef 2009470908882
Serious
Ford Transit Custom crash on the A27 in Worthing, 2 July 2025
18 m awayRef 2025471611127
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Range Rover Sport
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 2: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 43, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2020471006903 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Worthing road accident statistics for 2020.