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Unclassified road crash in Arun PO22 on 9 January 1997 at 17:10 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Arun at 17:10 on Thursday 9 January 1997. The 35-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Jan 1997
Thursday, 17:10
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79746, longitude -0.68531, in the PO22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bognor Regis.

Map of where the crash happened in Arun

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199747YA70011
Council area
Arun
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 November 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    71 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 199747YA70011 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Arun road accident statistics for 1997.