A259 crash in Arun on 25 September 2007 at 15:15 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A259 in Arun at 15:15 on Tuesday 25 September 2007. The 39-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Sep 2007
- Tuesday, 15:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79229, longitude -0.65579, in the PO22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bognor Regis. It is one of the crashes that make up the Felpham West, Arun, PO22 8PT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Arun
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007470708024
- Council area
- Arun
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 259
- Road type
- Dual 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 May 1992.
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A259 in Arun, 22 May 1992
At the same spotRef 199247YA20304
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A259 in Arun, 10 December 1997
At the same spotRef 199747YA70666
Slight
Car crash on the A259 in Arun, 10 May 2002
30 m awayRef 200247K150408
Fatal
Car crash on the A259 in Arun, 29 October 1981
32 m awayRef 198147YA10651
Slight
Volkswagen Beetle crash on the A259 in Arun, 3 December 2015
37 m awayRef 2015471507155
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A259 in Arun, 25 September 2012
40 m awayRef 2012471205038
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 2007470708024 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 2007.