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A29 crash in Arun on 14 November 1995 at 18:30 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on the A29 in Arun at 18:30 on Tuesday 14 November 1995. The 31-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Passat was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Nov 1995
Tuesday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
BMW 3 Series and Volkswagen Passat
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85097, longitude -0.65354, in the PO20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eastergate.

Map of where the crash happened in Arun

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199547YA50756
Council area
Arun
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
29
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 December 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Lane or location
    Leaving lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,766 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Passat)

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 199547YA50756 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 1995.