Serious B2141 crash in Chichester on 16 May 2021 at 10:30 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle crashed on the B2141 in Chichester at 10:30 on Sunday 16 May 2021. The 59-year-old male rider was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 16 May 2021
- Sunday, 10:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.92876, longitude -0.84159, in the PO18 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021471045780
- Council area
- Chichester
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2141
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- 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 serious injury crash on 30 March 2018.
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the B2141 in Chichester, 30 March 2018
3 m awayRef 2018471801758
Serious
Kawasaki crash on the B2141 in Chichester, 11 June 2025
8 m awayRef 2025471601676
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the B2141 in Chichester, 26 February 2004
8 m awayRef 200447K172437
Slight
Car crash on the B2141 in Chichester, 9 March 1981
8 m awayRef 198147YA10138
Serious
Car crash on the B2141 in Chichester, 19 February 1986
8 m awayRef 198647YA60088
Serious
Car crash on the B2141 in Chichester, 27 March 1985
8 m awayRef 198547YA50129
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 748 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 59, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- 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 2021471045780 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Chichester road accident statistics for 2021.