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Serious A259 crash in Chichester on 22 August 1981 at 22:00 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A259 in Chichester at 22:00 on Saturday 22 August 1981. The 28-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured and a 61-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Aug 1981
Saturday, 22:00
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82785, longitude -0.74125, in the PO20 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Chichester

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198147YA10478
Council area
Chichester
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
259
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 March 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 198147YA10478 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Chichester road accident statistics for 1981.