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A259 crash in Chichester on 29 January 2006 at 08:37 involving a Ford Mondeo taxi

A Ford Mondeo taxi crashed on the A259 in Chichester at 08:37 on Sunday 29 January 2006. A 20-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Jan 2006
Sunday, 08:37
Vehicles
1
Ford Mondeo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82509, longitude -0.73422, in the PO20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the North Mundham & Tangmere, Chichester, PO20 1DY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Chichester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2006470600841
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
259
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
B
Second road number
2144

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

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 19 April 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)

    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 2006470600841 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 2006.