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C road crash in Worthing BN12 on 27 February 1991 at 10:20 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on a C road in Worthing at 10:20 on Wednesday 27 February 1991. The 78-year-old female driver of the Austin Metro was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Feb 1991
Wednesday, 10:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and Austin Metro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82566, longitude -0.43405, in the BN12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Worthing

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199147XA10103
Council area
Worthing
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 November 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    78 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

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 199147XA10103 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Worthing road accident statistics for 1991.