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A2031 crash in Worthing on 5 December 1997 at 17:50 involving a Nissan Micra

A Nissan Micra and a motor scooter were involved in a crash on the A2031 in Worthing at 17:50 on Friday 5 December 1997. The 52-year-old female rider of the motor scooter was slightly 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
Slight
Date
5 Dec 1997
Friday, 17:50
Vehicles
2
Nissan Micra and motor scooter
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81788, longitude -0.37852, 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
199747XA70772
Council area
Worthing
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2031
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
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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 9 December 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    988 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    52 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 52, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 2 (Motor scooter)

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 199747XA70772 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.