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A27 crash in Chichester on 30 July 1996 at 17:15 involving a Citroen AX

A car and a Citroen AX were involved in a crash on the A27 in Chichester at 17:15 on Tuesday 30 July 1996. The 23-year-old female driver of the Citroen AX was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Jul 1996
Tuesday, 17:15
Vehicles
2
Car and Citroen AX
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83322, longitude -0.79862, in the PO19 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Chichester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199647YA60532
Council area
Chichester
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
27
Road type
Roundabout
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
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
259

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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 November 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen AX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen AX)

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 199647YA60532 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.