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A259 crash in Chichester on 20 March 1997 at 15:15 involving a Nissan Patrol

A Nissan Patrol and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A259 in Chichester at 15:15 on Thursday 20 March 1997. A 14-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Nissan Patrol was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Mar 1997
Thursday, 15:15
Vehicles
2
Nissan Patrol and bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84634, longitude -0.92712, in the PO10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Emsworth.

Map of where the crash happened in Chichester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199747YA70141
Council area
Chichester
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
259
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
C

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 September 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Patrol

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    3,246 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Nissan Patrol)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 199747YA70141 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Chichester road accident statistics for 1997.