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A27 crash in Worthing on 10 October 1994 at 13:50 involving a Volvo bus

A van and a Volvo bus were involved in a crash on the A27 in Worthing at 13:50 on Monday 10 October 1994. A 47-year-old female passenger in the Volvo bus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Oct 1994
Monday, 13:50
Vehicles
2
Van and Volvo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84072, longitude -0.41082, in the BN13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worthing.

Map of where the crash happened in Worthing

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199447XA40485
Council area
Worthing
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
27
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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 7 April 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 47, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 199447XA40485 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Worthing road accident statistics for 1994.