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B2198 crash in Chichester on 7 April 1991 at 16:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Volvo 244 were involved in a crash on the B2198 in Chichester at 16:30 on Sunday 7 April 1991. A 1-year-old male passenger in the Volvo 244 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Apr 1991
Sunday, 16:30
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Volvo 244
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.78679, longitude -0.84038, in the PO20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birdham.

Map of where the crash happened in Chichester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199147YA10213
Council area
Chichester
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2198
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 March 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 244

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    2,127 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 244)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199147YA10213 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 1991.