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A259 crash in Worthing on 30 December 1993 at 21:10 involving a Datsun Micra

A Datsun Micra and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A259 in Worthing at 21:10 on Thursday 30 December 1993. The 25-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Dec 1993
Thursday, 21:10
Vehicles
2
Datsun Micra and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82243, longitude -0.43487, in the BN12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Worthing

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199347XA30594
Council area
Worthing
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
259
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
259

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 November 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Datsun Micra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    988 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    957 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

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 199347XA30594 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Worthing road accident statistics for 1993.