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Serious B2144 crash in Chichester on 19 April 1995 at 19:20 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B2144 in Chichester at 19:20 on Wednesday 19 April 1995. The 46-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Apr 1995
Wednesday, 19:20
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83697, longitude -0.76216, in the PO19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chichester.

Map of where the crash happened in Chichester

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199547YA50233
Council area
Chichester
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2144
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
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 January 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,300 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Open door of vehicle
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    46 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Female, aged 46, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 199547YA50233 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.