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C road crash in Arun PO21 on 27 April 1997 at 01:09 involving a Bedford van

A Bedford van and a Peugeot 405 were involved in a crash on a C road in Arun at 01:09 on Sunday 27 April 1997. The 42-year-old male driver of the Bedford van was slightly injured.

It happened after dark on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Apr 1997
Sunday, 01:09
Vehicles
2
Bedford and Peugeot 405
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.77856, longitude -0.71619, in the PO21 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
199747YA70203
Council area
Arun
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
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 May 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bedford

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 405

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bedford)

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 199747YA70203 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.