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Serious A2032 crash in Worthing on 10 May 1997 at 23:05 involving a Suzuki Vitara

A Suzuki Vitara crashed on the A2032 in Worthing at 23:05 on Saturday 10 May 1997. A 24-year-old male passenger and a 20-year-old female passenger were seriously 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
Serious
Date
10 May 1997
Saturday, 23:05
Vehicles
1
Suzuki Vitara
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83023, longitude -0.38065, in the BN14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worthing.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199747XA70266
Council area
Worthing
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2032
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
A
Second road number
2032

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 August 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki Vitara

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,590 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Vitara)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Vitara)

    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 199747XA70266 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.