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A27 crash in Chichester on 2 January 1995 at 08:21 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort crashed on the A27 in Chichester at 08:21 on Monday 2 January 1995. The 34-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Jan 1995
Monday, 08:21
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83332, longitude -0.80018, in the PO19 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Chichester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199547YA50005
Council area
Chichester
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

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

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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 September 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    2,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 199547YA50005 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 1995.