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Serious A284 crash in Arun on 18 April 2024 at 13:00 involving a Yamaha Tracer motorcycle

A Yamaha Tracer motorcycle crashed on the A284 in Arun at 13:00 on Thursday 18 April 2024. The 47-year-old female rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Apr 2024
Thursday, 13:00
Vehicles
1
Yamaha Tracer
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84335, longitude -0.5407, in the BN17 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Arundel & Walberton, Arun, BN17 7QN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Arun

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024471433332
Council area
Arun
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
284
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
27

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, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 July 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha Tracer

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    689 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    5 to 10 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 47, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha Tracer)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from home
    5 to 10 km

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 2024471433332 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Arun road accident statistics for 2024.