A272 crash in Chichester on 15 February 1993 at 18:05 involving a Ford Sierra
A Ford Sierra, a Suzuki motorcycle and an Austin Morris Mini were involved in a crash on the A272 in Chichester at 18:05 on Monday 15 February 1993. The 28-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Feb 1993
- Monday, 18:05
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Sierra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.98893, longitude -0.75172, in the GU29 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199347YA30103
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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 13 May 2004.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A272 in Chichester, 13 May 2004
At the same spotRef 200447K174991
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A272 in Chichester, 13 May 2015
6 m awayRef 2015471502659
Slight
Skoda Superb crash on the A272 in Chichester, 14 April 2025
8 m awayRef 2025471578486
Slight
Leyland DAF 400 crash on the A272 in Chichester, 7 May 1991
10 m awayRef 199147YA10291
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A272 in Chichester, 23 July 2003
10 m awayRef 200347K165157
Slight
Volvo V40 crash on the A272 in Chichester, 17 January 2005
10 m awayRef 2005470500233
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Suzuki
Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 3: Austin Morris Mini
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 28, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Suzuki)
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 199347YA30103 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 1993.