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Unclassified road crash in Worthing BN14 on 20 December 2025 at 22:30 involving a car

A car and an e-scooter were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Worthing at 22:30 on Saturday 20 December 2025. The 13-year-old male rider of the e-scooter was slightly injured.

It happened after dark on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Dec 2025
Saturday, 22:30
Vehicles
2
Car and e-scooter
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82919, longitude -0.3689, in the BN14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worthing. It is one of the crashes that make up the Broadwater, Worthing, BN14 9LL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Worthing

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025471686728
Council area
Worthing
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
No
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
Dark, lighting unknown
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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 April 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    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

  • Vehicle 2: E-scooter

    Personal powered transporter (e-scooter or similar)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    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
    13 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    E-scooter
    Vehicle was an e-scooter
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 13, on vehicle 2 (E-scooter)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km
    E-scooter
    Casualty was using an e-scooter

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 2025471686728 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.