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Serious A259 crash in Adur on 26 July 1994 at 12:40 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra hit two pedestrians on the A259 in Adur at 12:40 on Tuesday 26 July 1994. A 33-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured and a 53-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Jul 1994
Tuesday, 12:40
Vehicles
1
Ford Sierra
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83269, longitude -0.26965, in the BN43 postcode district and within the built-up area of Shoreham-by-Sea.

Map of where the crash happened in Adur

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199447XA40335
Council area
Adur
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
259
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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 5 March 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 33, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 53, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 199447XA40335 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Adur road accident statistics for 1994.