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Serious unclassified road crash in Worthing BN11 on 26 June 2025 at 20:02 involving a KTM 125 Duke motorcycle

Six vehicles, including a KTM 125 Duke motorcycle and two motorcycles, were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Worthing at 20:02 on Thursday 26 June 2025. The 15-year-old male rider of the KTM 125 Duke motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Jun 2025
Thursday, 20:02
Vehicles
6
KTM 125 Duke and 5 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81732, longitude -0.39025, in the BN11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worthing. It is one of the crashes that make up the Heene, Worthing, BN11 4QE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Worthing

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025471609359
Council area
Worthing
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, 84 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 August 2021.

Vehicles involved (6)

  • Vehicle 1: KTM 125 Duke

    Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    15 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    Tram or light rail track
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    50 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 3: Mercedes A Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 4: Fiat 500X

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 5: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    750 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 6: Mini Cooper

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 15, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (KTM 125 Duke)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2025471609359 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Worthing road accident statistics for 2025.