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A272 crash in Chichester on 3 September 1991 at 09:57 involving a Mercedes 190

A Mercedes 190, an Austin Maestro and an Austin Mini were involved in a crash on the A272 in Chichester at 09:57 on Tuesday 3 September 1991. The 22-year-old male driver of the Austin Mini was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Sep 1991
Tuesday, 09:57
Vehicles
3
Mercedes 190 and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.98623, longitude -0.74338, in the GU29 postcode district and within the built-up area of Midhurst.

Map of where the crash happened in Chichester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199147YA10607
Council area
Chichester
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
272
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 October 1996.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes 190

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    78 years
    Engine capacity
    1,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 3: Austin Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Austin Mini)

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 199147YA10607 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.