A259 crash in Arun on 26 October 1981 at 16:15 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A259 in Arun at 16:15 on Monday 26 October 1981. The 67-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 5-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Oct 1981
- Monday, 16:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79388, longitude -0.63972, in the PO22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bognor Regis.
Map of where the crash happened in Arun
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198147YA10643
- Council area
- Arun
- Police force
- Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 259
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Daylight
- 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 29 July 1993.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A259 in Arun, 29 July 1993
At the same spotRef 199347YA30450
Serious
Kawasaki ZX crash on the B2259 in Arun, 28 October 2025
6 m awayRef 2025471666735
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A259 in Arun, 18 February 2008
10 m awayRef 2008470801354
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A259 in Arun, 12 November 1985
10 m awayRef 198547YA50647
Slight
Car crash on the A259 in Arun, 2 November 1985
10 m awayRef 198547YA50624
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A259 in Arun, 29 August 1984
10 m awayRef 198447YA40514
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 71 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198147YA10643 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 1981.