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C road crash in Brighton and Hove BN1 on 12 January 1997 at 12:15 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Fiat Panda were involved in a crash on a C road in Brighton and Hove at 12:15 on Sunday 12 January 1997. The 20-year-old male driver of the Fiat Panda and a 16-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Jan 1997
Sunday, 12:15
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Fiat Panda
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86938, longitude -0.11836, in the BN1 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Brighton and Hove

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199747CA70025
Council area
Brighton and Hove
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Daylight
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 22 June 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,391 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Panda

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    903 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Panda)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 199747CA70025 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Brighton and Hove road accident statistics for 1997.