B2233 crash in Arun on 8 September 1991 at 02:15 involving an Austin Allegro
An Austin Allegro and a Bedford van were involved in a crash on the B2233 in Arun at 02:15 on Sunday 8 September 1991. The 18-year-old male driver of the Austin Allegro was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Sep 1991
- Sunday, 02:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Austin Allegro and Bedford
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81726, longitude -0.60156, in the BN18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Yapton.
Map of where the crash happened in Arun
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199147YA10606
- Council area
- Arun
- Police force
- Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2233
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 32 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 November 2021.
Serious
Volkswagen Passat crash on an unclassified road in Arun, 24 November 2021
32 m awayRef 2021471113691
Serious
Seddon/Atkinson crash on the B2233 in Arun, 11 May 1992
36 m awayRef 199247YA20259
Slight
Vauxhall Crossland crash on the B2233 in Arun, 24 March 2025
159 m awayRef 2025471569671
Slight
Citroen C5 crash on the B2233 in Arun, 7 April 2023
164 m awayRef 2023471294639
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B2233 in Arun, 28 December 2014
184 m awayRef 2014471500043
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B2233 in Arun, 2 December 2004
190 m awayRef 200447K181447
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Austin Allegro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Lane or location
- On lay-by or hard shoulder
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Bedford
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Lane or location
- On lay-by or hard shoulder
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,979 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Allegro)
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 199147YA10606 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 1991.