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Serious unclassified road crash in Mid Sussex RH16 on 20 July 2022 at 07:15 involving a Honda VFR800F motorcycle

A Honda VFR800F motorcycle and an Audi A6 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Mid Sussex at 07:15 on Wednesday 20 July 2022. The 59-year-old male rider of the Honda VFR800F motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Jul 2022
Wednesday, 07:15
Vehicles
2
Honda VFR800F and Audi A6
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.00598, longitude -0.10783, in the RH16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Haywards Heath. It is one of the crashes that make up the Haywards Heath Bentswood & Heath, Mid Sussex, RH16 3BB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Sussex

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022471200925
Council area
Mid Sussex
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 March 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda VFR800F

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    22 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Audi A6

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    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
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    2,967 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 59, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda VFR800F)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least 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 2022471200925 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Sussex road accident statistics for 2022.