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A259 crash in Worthing on 25 April 1997 at 15:30 involving a Mitsubishi Shogun

A Mitsubishi Shogun, a Peugeot 205 and an Alfa Romeo 33 were involved in a crash on the A259 in Worthing at 15:30 on Friday 25 April 1997. The 45-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 205 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Apr 1997
Friday, 15:30
Vehicles
3
Mitsubishi Shogun and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81266, longitude -0.35869, in the BN11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worthing.

Map of where the crash happened in Worthing

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199747XA70225
Council area
Worthing
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
259
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

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

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 1 November 2004.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Shogun

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    2,477 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 205

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 3: Alfa Romeo 33

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,712 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 205)

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 199747XA70225 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 1997.