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A259 crash in Adur on 17 May 2000 at 22:19 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series, a Mercedes Sprinter van and a Ford Galaxy were involved in a crash on the A259 in Adur at 22:19 on Wednesday 17 May 2000. A 16-year-old female passenger in the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 May 2000
Wednesday, 22:19
Vehicles
3
BMW 3 Series and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82735, longitude -0.29057, in the BN15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Adur

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200047X004717
Council area
Adur
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
259
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 November 2002.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes Sprinter

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    2,151 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Galaxy

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

    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 200047X004717 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Adur road accident statistics for 2000.