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A272 crash in Chichester on 27 December 2001 at 13:10 involving a Volvo 440

A Volvo 440 and a Land Rover 90 were involved in a crash on the A272 in Chichester at 13:10 on Thursday 27 December 2001. The 76-year-old male driver of the Land Rover 90, the 78-year-old male driver of the Volvo 440 and an 82-year-old female passenger in the Volvo 440 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Dec 2001
Thursday, 13:10
Vehicles
2
Volvo 440 and Land Rover 90
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.99328, longitude -0.6014, in the GU28 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Petworth, Chichester, GU28 0DB area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200147Y146191
Council area
Chichester
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
272
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 February 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 440

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    78 years
    Engine capacity
    1,870 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Land Rover 90

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    76 years
    Engine capacity
    2,494 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover 90)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 440)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 82, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 440)

    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 200147Y146191 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 2001.