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Serious A3 crash in Chichester on 8 March 1992 at 05:20 involving a Toyota Corolla

A car and a Toyota Corolla were involved in a crash on the A3 in Chichester at 05:20 on Sunday 8 March 1992. The 24-year-old male driver of the Toyota Corolla was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Mar 1992
Sunday, 05:20
Vehicles
2
Car and Toyota Corolla
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.03359, longitude -0.8726, in the GU33 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hill Brow.

Map of where the crash happened in Chichester

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199247YA20119
Council area
Chichester
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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, 42 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 January 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Corolla)

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 199247YA20119 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 1992.