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Serious A280 crash in Arun on 17 November 1993 at 08:04 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Fiat Cinquecento were involved in a crash on the A280 in Arun at 08:04 on Wednesday 17 November 1993. The 17-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort and the 54-year-old female driver of the Fiat Cinquecento were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Nov 1993
Wednesday, 08:04
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Fiat Cinquecento
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86982, longitude -0.41438, in the BN14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Arun

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199347XA30520
Council area
Arun
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
280
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 June 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Cinquecento

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    899 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Cinquecento)

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 199347XA30520 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 1993.