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C road crash in Arun PO22 on 31 August 2004 at 21:22 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and a Gilera Runner motorcycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Arun at 21:22 on Tuesday 31 August 2004. The 24-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus and the 16-year-old male rider of the Gilera Runner motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Aug 2004
Tuesday, 21:22
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and Gilera Runner
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79517, longitude -0.67174, in the PO22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bognor Regis. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bersted, Arun, PO22 9NE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Arun

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200447K178159
Council area
Arun
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
29

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 September 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Gilera Runner

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Gilera Runner)

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 200447K178159 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 2004.