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Serious A283 crash in Chichester on 13 June 1993 at 18:30 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Harley-Davidson motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A283 in Chichester at 18:30 on Sunday 13 June 1993. A 23-year-old female passenger on the Harley-Davidson motorcycle was seriously injured and the 26-year-old male rider of the Harley-Davidson motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Jun 1993
Sunday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Harley-Davidson
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.96442, longitude -0.56724, in the RH20 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Chichester

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199347YA30333
Council area
Chichester
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
283
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
2138

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 May 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Harley-Davidson

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,340 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 23, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Harley-Davidson)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Harley-Davidson)

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 199347YA30333 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.