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B2223 crash in Worthing on 5 March 1998 at 17:30 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and a Talbot Samba were involved in a crash on the B2223 in Worthing at 17:30 on Thursday 5 March 1998. The 21-year-old female driver of the Talbot Samba and a 1-year-old female passenger in the Talbot Samba were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Mar 1998
Thursday, 17:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and Talbot Samba
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81797, longitude -0.3524, in the BN11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worthing.

Map of where the crash happened in Worthing

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199847XA80122
Council area
Worthing
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2223
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 February 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Talbot Samba

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    954 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Talbot Samba)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Talbot Samba)

    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 199847XA80122 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Worthing road accident statistics for 1998.