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Serious A27 crash in Adur on 4 September 1997 at 07:45 involving a Ford Escort

Two Ford Escorts were involved in a crash on the A27 in Adur at 07:45 on Thursday 4 September 1997. The 30-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Sep 1997
Thursday, 07:45
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and another
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83771, longitude -0.33679, in the BN15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Adur

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199747XA70620
Council area
Adur
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
27
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 February 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 199747XA70620 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Adur road accident statistics for 1997.