Serious B2120 crash in Brighton and Hove on 18 August 2021 at 13:40 involving a Mercedes Sprinter van
A Mercedes Sprinter van and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B2120 in Brighton and Hove at 13:40 on Wednesday 18 August 2021. The 30-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 18 Aug 2021
- Wednesday, 13:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes Sprinter and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83066, longitude -0.15211, 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.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021471078335
- 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
- Crossroads
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 8 November 2014.
Slight
Lexmoto XTR 125 crash on the B2120 in Brighton and Hove, 8 November 2014
1 m awayRef 2014471406600
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the B2120 in Brighton and Hove, 2 June 2018
1 m awayRef 2018471803006
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the B2120 in Brighton and Hove, 21 June 2025
2 m awayRef 2025471605944
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B2120 in Brighton and Hove, 8 November 2024
2 m awayRef 2024471515977
Slight
Nissan Note crash on the B2120 in Brighton and Hove, 20 June 2019
3 m awayRef 2019470849783
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B2120 in Brighton and Hove, 2 September 2018
3 m awayRef 2018471804860
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- 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
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 30, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2021471078335 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.