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A280 crash in Arun on 24 December 2003 at 07:51 involving a Renault 19

A car and a Renault 19 were involved in a crash on the A280 in Arun at 07:51 on Wednesday 24 December 2003. The 35-year-old male driver of the car and the 42-year-old male driver of the Renault 19 were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 2003
Wednesday, 07:51
Vehicles
2
Car and Renault 19
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.87011, longitude -0.42132, in the BN14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Angmering & Findon, Arun, BN14 0TP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Arun

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200347K170486
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
280
Road type
Single 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, 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 1 January 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 19

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,870 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 19)

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 200347K170486 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 2003.