B2178 crash in Chichester on 11 December 1985 at 07:45 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B2178 in Chichester at 07:45 on Wednesday 11 December 1985. A 25-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Dec 1985
- Wednesday, 07:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84569, longitude -0.78693, in the PO19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chichester.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198547YA50724
- Council area
- Chichester
- Police force
- Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2178
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 October 2012.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B2178 in Chichester, 17 October 2012
At the same spotRef 2012471205468
Slight
Zastava Yugo crash on the B2178 in Chichester, 23 February 1992
At the same spotRef 199247YA20095
Slight
Kia Sportage crash on the B2178 in Chichester, 15 May 2023
4 m awayRef 2023471307701
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B2178 in Chichester, 20 May 2015
6 m awayRef 2015471502818
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B2178 in Chichester, 22 October 1983
10 m awayRef 198347YA30589
Slight
Car crash on the B2178 in Chichester, 29 May 1983
10 m awayRef 198347YA30264
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 25, 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 198547YA50724 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.