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A27 crash in Chichester on 23 October 1997 at 11:28 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Citroen C15 van were involved in a crash on the A27 in Chichester at 11:28 on Thursday 23 October 1997. The 22-year-old female driver of the Citroen C15 van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Oct 1997
Thursday, 11:28
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Citroen C15
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85532, longitude -0.71252, in the PO18 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Chichester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199747YA70553
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
60 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
27

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 12 August 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen C15

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C15)

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 199747YA70553 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.