A259 crash in Arun on 5 November 2007 at 16:15 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta, a Renault Megane and an MG TF were involved in a crash on the A259 in Arun at 16:15 on Monday 5 November 2007. The 42-year-old female driver of the MG TF was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Nov 2007
- Monday, 16:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fiesta and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81236, longitude -0.55926, in the BN17 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Arun
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007470709264
- Council area
- Arun
- 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
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 September 2020.
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A259 in Arun, 7 September 2020
5 m awayRef 2020470978661
Slight
Mercedes Vito crash on the A259 in Arun, 24 May 2007
14 m awayRef 2007470704290
Slight
Mazda 2 crash on the A259 in Arun, 25 September 2021
16 m awayRef 2021471092780
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A259 in Arun, 16 November 1987
22 m awayRef 198747XA70767
Serious
Hyundai Accent crash on the A259 in Arun, 6 December 2011
40 m awayRef 2011471107746
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A259 in Arun, 4 January 2022
48 m awayRef 2022471128821
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Lane or location
- Lay-by or hard shoulder
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: MG TF
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (MG TF)
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 2007470709264 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.