A272 crash in Chichester on 9 September 2022 at 17:05 involving a Lexmoto ZSB motorcycle
A Lexmoto ZSB motorcycle and a Renault Trafic van were involved in a crash on the A272 in Chichester at 17:05 on Friday 9 September 2022. The 18-year-old male rider of the Lexmoto ZSB motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Sep 2022
- Friday, 17:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lexmoto ZSB and Renault Trafic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.98904, longitude -0.76549, in the GU29 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Chichester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022471217702
- Council area
- Chichester
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 272
- 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
- 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, 18 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 October 2006.
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A272 in Chichester, 27 October 2006
18 m awayRef 2006470609089
Slight
Car crash on the A272 in Chichester, 15 February 1981
24 m awayRef 198147YA10088
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Chichester, 5 August 1984
31 m awayRef 198447YA40453
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A272 in Chichester, 14 May 1996
33 m awayRef 199647YA60339
Serious
Volkswagen 1000 crash on the A272 in Chichester, 22 November 2010
37 m awayRef 2010471007904
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A272 in Chichester, 4 April 2016
40 m awayRef 2016471601995
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lexmoto ZSB
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Trafic
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Towing and articulation
- Double or multiple trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Lexmoto ZSB)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2022471217702 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 2022.