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A283 crash in Chichester on 21 May 1993 at 16:50 involving a Volvo 240

A Volvo 240 hit a pedestrian on the A283 in Chichester at 16:50 on Friday 21 May 1993. An 11-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 May 1993
Friday, 16:50
Vehicles
1
Volvo 240
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.9851, longitude -0.60436, in the GU28 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199347YA30282
Council area
Chichester
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
283
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 December 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 240

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    2,316 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo 240)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 199347YA30282 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.