A2004 crash in Crawley on 10 August 2024 at 23:30 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Yamaha YZF motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A2004 in Crawley at 23:30 on Saturday 10 August 2024. The 17-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YZF motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Aug 2024
- Saturday, 23:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Yamaha YZF
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.11396, longitude -0.18315, in the RH10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crawley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Three Bridges, Crawley, RH10 1SY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Crawley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024471479978
- Council area
- Crawley
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2004
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 2220
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
- Carriageway hazards
- Dislodged vehicle load in carriageway
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, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 August 2012.
Serious
Suzuki Swift crash on the A2004 in Crawley, 14 August 2012
3 m awayRef 2012471204160
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A2004 in Crawley, 31 October 2000
3 m awayRef 200047N128473
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A2004 in Crawley, 1 December 1996
7 m awayRef 199647NA60837
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A2004 in Crawley, 8 April 2019
9 m awayRef 2019471901848
Slight
Dennis crash on the A2004 in Crawley, 1 December 2003
9 m awayRef 200347K169626
Slight
Car crash on the A2004 in Crawley, 1 October 1987
9 m awayRef 198747NA70538
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Vehicle 2: Yamaha YZF
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 2: Rider
SlightMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha YZF)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 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 2024471479978 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Crawley road accident statistics for 2024.