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Serious A27 crash in Chichester on 5 April 1995 at 13:30 involving a DAF Trucks FA 2500 lorry

A DAF Trucks FA 2500 lorry and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the A27 in Chichester at 13:30 on Wednesday 5 April 1995. The 67-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van was seriously injured and the 37-year-old male driver of the DAF Trucks FA 2500 lorry was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Apr 1995
Wednesday, 13:30
Vehicles
2
DAF Trucks FA 2500 and Ford Transit
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85795, longitude -0.90909, in the PO10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Chichester

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199547YA50209
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 February 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks FA 2500

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (DAF Trucks FA 2500)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 67, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

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 199547YA50209 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.