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A27 crash in Chichester on 27 August 1997 at 22:45 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro and a BMW 5 Series were involved in a crash on the A27 in Chichester at 22:45 on Wednesday 27 August 1997. A 21-year-old female passenger in the BMW 5 Series was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Aug 1997
Wednesday, 22:45
Vehicles
2
Austin Metro and BMW 5 Series
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83331, longitude -0.79918, in the PO19 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Chichester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199747YA70439
Council area
Chichester
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
27
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
259

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 12 August 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 5 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,990 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 5 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 199747YA70439 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.