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Serious A27 crash in Arun on 20 June 1990 at 10:40 involving a Morris Mini

A Morris Mini and an MG Montego were involved in a crash on the A27 in Arun at 10:40 on Wednesday 20 June 1990. The 19-year-old female driver of the Morris Mini was seriously injured and the 36-year-old male driver of the MG Montego was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Jun 1990
Wednesday, 10:40
Vehicles
2
Morris Mini and MG Montego
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84054, longitude -0.48554, in the BN16 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Arun

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199047YA00446
Council area
Arun
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
27
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
2225

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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 29 December 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Morris Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: MG Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Morris Mini)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (MG Montego)

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 199047YA00446 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 1990.