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A27 crash in Arun on 4 May 1992 at 21:40 involving a Nissan Cherry

A Nissan Cherry and an Alfa Romeo Alfasud were involved in a crash on the A27 in Arun at 21:40 on Monday 4 May 1992. The 48-year-old female driver of the Alfa Romeo Alfasud was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 May 1992
Monday, 21:40
Vehicles
2
Nissan Cherry and Alfa Romeo Alfasud
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84085, longitude -0.4405, in the BN13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Arun

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199247YA20236
Council area
Arun
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
27
Road type
Dual 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, no street lighting
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 16 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 December 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Cherry

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,186 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Alfa Romeo Alfasud

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,350 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Alfa Romeo Alfasud)

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 199247YA20236 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 1992.