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A2031 crash in Worthing on 21 December 1996 at 20:34 involving a Citroen BX

A Citroen BX and a Mazda 626 were involved in a crash on the A2031 in Worthing at 20:34 on Saturday 21 December 1996. A 33-year-old female passenger in the Mazda 626 and a 34-year-old female passenger in the Citroen BX were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Dec 1996
Saturday, 20:34
Vehicles
2
Citroen BX and Mazda 626
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82257, longitude -0.39256, in the BN14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worthing.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199647XA60642
Council area
Worthing
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2031
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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 22 February 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen BX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mazda 626

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 626)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen BX)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 199647XA60642 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 1996.