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A27 crash in Arun on 23 December 2000 at 14:38 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series, a Ford Focus and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A27 in Arun at 14:38 on Saturday 23 December 2000. The 31-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Dec 2000
Saturday, 14:38
Vehicles
3
Rover 200 Series and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84286, longitude -0.53858, in the BN17 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Arun

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200047X131569
Council area
Arun
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

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

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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 March 2023.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,590 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 3: Renault Megane

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)

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 200047X131569 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Arun road accident statistics for 2000.