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Serious B2120 crash in Brighton and Hove on 28 January 2021 at 20:19 involving a Honda WW125 motorcycle

A Honda WW125 motorcycle and a taxi were involved in a crash on the B2120 in Brighton and Hove at 20:19 on Thursday 28 January 2021. A 39-year-old female pedestrian hit by the Honda WW125 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Jan 2021
Thursday, 20:19
Vehicles
2
Honda WW125 and taxi
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83071, longitude -0.15085, in the BN3 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2021471017804
Council area
Brighton and Hove
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2120
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 April 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda WW125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 39, hit by vehicle 1 (Honda WW125)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2021471017804 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 2021.