A286 crash in Chichester on 27 November 1985 at 16:45 involving a car
A car hit a pedestrian on the A286 in Chichester at 16:45 on Wednesday 27 November 1985. A 64-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Nov 1985
- Wednesday, 16:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83757, longitude -0.78445, in the PO19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chichester.
Map of where the crash happened in Chichester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198547YA50678
- Council area
- Chichester
- Police force
- Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 286
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 18 November 1992.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A286 in Chichester, 18 November 1992
At the same spotRef 199247YA20724
Slight
Nissan X-Trail crash on the A286 in Chichester, 12 February 2025
1 m awayRef 2025471553627
Slight
Car crash on the A286 in Chichester, 23 August 1986
10 m awayRef 198647YA60471
Slight
Car crash on the A286 in Chichester, 9 March 1981
14 m awayRef 198147YA10141
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A286 in Chichester, 27 November 2025
19 m awayRef 2025471674958
Slight
Freight Rover Sherpa crash on the A286 in Chichester, 14 January 1994
20 m awayRef 199447YA40093
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 64, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 198547YA50678 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 1985.