Serious B2133 crash in Chichester on 3 August 2000 at 17:00 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the B2133 in Chichester at 17:00 on Thursday 3 August 2000. An 11-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta was seriously injured and the 44-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 3 Aug 2000
- Thursday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.05793, longitude -0.5067, in the RH14 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Chichester
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200047N130613
- Council area
- Chichester
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2133
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 December 2004.
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on the B2133 in Chichester, 20 December 2004
45 m awayRef 200447K182114
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B2133 in Chichester, 8 December 2015
65 m awayRef 2015471507267
Slight
Nissan Juke crash on the B2133 in Chichester, 19 July 2025
253 m awayRef 2025471618345
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B2133 in Chichester, 11 June 1987
278 m awayRef 198747YA70292
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B2133 in Chichester, 4 July 2024
430 m awayRef 2024471463518
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B2133 in Chichester, 16 March 2002
470 m awayRef 200247K150397
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 200047N130613 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 2000.