Serious A27 crash in Chichester on 2 September 2006 at 18:15 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort hit a pedestrian on the A27 in Chichester at 18:15 on Saturday 2 September 2006. A 31-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Sep 2006
- Saturday, 18:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82619, longitude -0.76983, in the PO19 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chichester South, Chichester, PO19 8JE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Chichester
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006470607262
- 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
- 27
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 98%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 2%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 12 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 July 2016.
Serious
Honda CRV crash on the A27 in Chichester, 29 July 2016
12 m awayRef 2016471604577
Fatal
Ford Transit crash on the A27 in Chichester, 2 December 2011
13 m awayRef 2011471107637
Serious
Mercedes A Class crash on the A27 in Chichester, 17 August 2025
17 m awayRef 2025471629910
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A27 in Chichester, 21 April 1987
20 m awayRef 198747YA70195
Slight
Car crash on the A27 in Chichester, 6 June 2005
41 m awayRef 2005470504334
Slight
Car crash on the A27 in Chichester, 5 December 1983
60 m awayRef 198347YA30686
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 31, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 2006470607262 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.