B2138 crash in Chichester on 1 May 1989 at 17:50 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B2138 in Chichester at 17:50 on Monday 1 May 1989. The 46-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 13-year-old female 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
- 1 May 1989
- Monday, 17:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.96442, longitude -0.56724, in the RH20 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198947YA90296
- Council area
- Chichester
- Police force
- Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2138
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 283
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 serious injury crash on 13 June 1993.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A283 in Chichester, 13 June 1993
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Slight
Car crash on the A283 in Chichester, 17 October 1980
At the same spotRef 198047YA00608
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A283 in Chichester, 18 September 1982
At the same spotRef 198247YA20494
Serious
Car crash on the A283 in Chichester, 1 August 2006
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Serious
Saab 9-3 crash on the A283 in Chichester, 7 June 2006
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Slight
Colt 1400 crash on the A283 in Chichester, 16 April 1991
At the same spotRef 199147YA10247
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 13, 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 198947YA90296 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 1989.