Serious B2140 crash in Arun on 5 June 2006 at 20:37 involving a Ford Escort
Four vehicles, including a car and a Ford Escort, were involved in a crash on the B2140 in Arun at 20:37 on Monday 5 June 2006. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 5 Jun 2006
- Monday, 20:37
- Vehicles
- 4
- Ford Escort and 3 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.80386, longitude -0.53326, in the BN17 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Arun
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006470604568
- Council area
- Arun
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2140
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 97%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 3%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 July 2011.
Slight
Car crash on the B2140 in Arun, 30 July 2011
9 m awayRef 2011471104959
Slight
Honda Civic crash on an unclassified road in Arun, 19 July 2015
36 m awayRef 2015471504124
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B2140 in Arun, 21 November 2021
47 m awayRef 2021471112427
Serious
Car crash on the B2140 in Arun, 26 December 2006
50 m awayRef 2006470611328
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Arun, 26 October 1998
51 m awayRef 199847X001398
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the B2140 in Arun, 13 September 2011
51 m awayRef 2011471105733
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: Mazda 3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 4: Toyota Paseo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Lane or location
- Lay-by or hard shoulder
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Engine capacity
- 1,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Mazda 3)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Mazda 3)
- 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 2006470604568 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 2006.