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B2179 crash in Chichester on 27 December 1993 at 10:32 involving a Volvo 365

A Volvo 365 crashed on the B2179 in Chichester at 10:32 on Monday 27 December 1993. A 55-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Dec 1993
Monday, 10:32
Vehicles
1
Volvo 365
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.78903, longitude -0.84047, in the PO20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birdham.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199347YA30808
Council area
Chichester
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2179
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 May 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 365

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    1,986 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 365)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199347YA30808 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.