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Serious A259 crash in Chichester on 26 August 1994 at 14:00 involving a Mazda 626

A Mazda 626, a Honda NSR125R motorcycle and a Yamaha motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A259 in Chichester at 14:00 on Friday 26 August 1994. The 19-year-old male rider of the Honda NSR125R motorcycle, a 14-year-old female passenger on the Honda NSR125R motorcycle and the 19-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Aug 1994
Friday, 14:00
Vehicles
3
Mazda 626 and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84197, longitude -0.87367, in the PO18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hambrook and Nutbourne.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199447YA40565
Council area
Chichester
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
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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 30 April 1981.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda 626

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    69 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda NSR125R

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 3: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    649 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    18 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda NSR125R)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 14, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda NSR125R)

  • Casualty 3: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist, on vehicle 3 (Yamaha)

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 199447YA40565 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 1994.