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A23 crash in Mid Sussex on 29 October 2022 at 18:54 involving a Honda WW125 motorcycle

A Honda WW125 motorcycle crashed on the A23 in Mid Sussex at 18:54 on Saturday 29 October 2022. The 42-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Oct 2022
Saturday, 18:54
Vehicles
1
Honda WW125
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.05076, longitude -0.20223, in the RH17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Handcross. It is one of the crashes that make up the Handcross & Pease Pottage, Mid Sussex, RH17 6BU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Sussex

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022471235959
Council area
Mid Sussex
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
23
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
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, 29 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 October 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda WW125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda WW125)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2022471235959 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.