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Fatal C road crash in Worthing BN11 on 1 December 1995 at 06:15 involving a Citroen Visa

A Citroen Visa hit a pedestrian on a C road in Worthing at 06:15 on Friday 1 December 1995. A 73-year-old male pedestrian was killed and the 51-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
1 Dec 1995
Friday, 06:15
Vehicles
1
Citroen Visa
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81698, longitude -0.35243, in the BN11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worthing.

Map of where the crash happened in Worthing

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199547XA50583
Council area
Worthing
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 28 April 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Visa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 73, hit by vehicle 1 (Citroen Visa)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Visa)

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 199547XA50583 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 1995.