A259 crash in Adur on 10 March 2022 at 11:49 involving a KTM 125 Duke motorcycle
A KTM 125 Duke motorcycle and a Peugeot 2008 were involved in a crash on the A259 in Adur at 11:49 on Thursday 10 March 2022. The 40-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 2008 and the 20-year-old male rider of the KTM 125 Duke motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Mar 2022
- Thursday, 11:49
- Vehicles
- 2
- KTM 125 Duke and Peugeot 2008
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83178, longitude -0.2741, 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 St Mary's, Adur, BN43 5WX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Adur
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022471152327
- 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
- 259
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 8 October 2025.
Serious
Yamaha GPD crash on the A259 in Adur, 8 October 2025
1 m awayRef 2025471652775
Serious
Scooter crash on the A259 in Adur, 8 March 1987
2 m awayRef 198747XA70121
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A259 in Adur, 4 April 2002
2 m awayRef 200247X148795
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A259 in Adur, 22 June 2019
7 m awayRef 2019470850152
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A259 in Adur, 28 April 1984
8 m awayRef 198447MA40082
Slight
BMW M3 crash on the A259 in Adur, 31 March 2018
10 m awayRef 2018471801777
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: KTM 125 Duke
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
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 2008
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 2008)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Rider
SlightMale, aged 20, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (KTM 125 Duke)
- 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 2022471152327 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 2022.