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A27 crash in Arun on 4 August 1990 at 17:46 involving a Ford Cortina

A Ford Cortina, a Volvo 340 and a Toyota Carina were involved in a crash on the A27 in Arun at 17:46 on Saturday 4 August 1990. The 40-year-old female driver of the Ford Cortina, a 31-year-old male passenger in the Ford Cortina and the 70-year-old male driver of the Volvo 340 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Aug 1990
Saturday, 17:46
Vehicles
3
Ford Cortina and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8448, longitude -0.53029, in the BN18 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Arun

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199047YA00592
Council area
Arun
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
27
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a fatal crash on 7 August 1981.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 340

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 3: Toyota Carina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Cortina)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Cortina)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 340)

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 199047YA00592 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.