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C road crash in Worthing BN13 on 12 December 1997 at 14:30 involving a Suzuki Alto

A Suzuki Alto and a car were involved in a crash on a C road in Worthing at 14:30 on Friday 12 December 1997. An 86-year-old female pedestrian hit by the Suzuki Alto and the 37-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Alto were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Dec 1997
Friday, 14:30
Vehicles
2
Suzuki Alto and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83569, longitude -0.41156, in the BN13 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
199747XA70795
Council area
Worthing
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 31 July 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki Alto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 86, hit by vehicle 1 (Suzuki Alto)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Alto)

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 199747XA70795 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.