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A259 crash in Arun on 22 December 1994 at 07:42 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra crashed on the A259 in Arun at 07:42 on Thursday 22 December 1994. The 35-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fog or mist on an icy dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Dec 1994
Thursday, 07:42
Vehicles
1
Ford Sierra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82383, longitude -0.51419, in the BN16 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Arun

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199447YA40830
Council area
Arun
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
259
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 September 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

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 199447YA40830 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Arun road accident statistics for 1994.