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A286 crash in Chichester on 6 January 1996 at 16:30 involving an Austin Mini

An Austin Mini and a car were involved in a crash on the A286 in Chichester at 16:30 on Saturday 6 January 1996. The 58-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Jan 1996
Saturday, 16:30
Vehicles
2
Austin Mini and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.98807, longitude -0.73835, in the GU29 postcode district and within the built-up area of Midhurst.

Map of where the crash happened in Chichester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199647YA60030
Council area
Chichester
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
286
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 June 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    58 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 199647YA60030 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 1996.