A2032 crash in Worthing on 19 October 2007 at 16:00 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A2032 in Worthing at 16:00 on Friday 19 October 2007. The 21-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and an 18-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were 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
- 19 Oct 2007
- Friday, 16:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82755, longitude -0.41254, in the BN13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worthing. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castle, Worthing, BN12 6JZ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007470708809
- Council area
- Worthing
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2032
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
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 August 1997.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A2032 in Worthing, 22 August 1997
At the same spotRef 199747XA70495
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A2032 in Worthing, 21 September 2010
At the same spotRef 2010471006330
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A2032 in Worthing, 6 June 2005
At the same spotRef 2005470504346
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A2032 in Worthing, 2 December 1982
At the same spotRef 198247XA20960
Slight
Rover Montego crash on the A2032 in Worthing, 18 December 1997
At the same spotRef 199747XA70809
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A2032 in Worthing, 29 August 1997
At the same spotRef 199747XA70521
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- 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 2007470708809 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Worthing road accident statistics for 2007.