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A259 crash in Worthing on 19 December 2007 at 18:00 involving a Volkswagen Beetle

A Volkswagen Beetle, a Ford Focus and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on the A259 in Worthing at 18:00 on Wednesday 19 December 2007. The 41-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Beetle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Dec 2007
Wednesday, 18:00
Vehicles
3
Volkswagen Beetle and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81375, longitude -0.37113, in the BN11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worthing. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central, Worthing, BN11 9SH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Worthing

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2007470710682
Council area
Worthing
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
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 4 March 1997.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Beetle

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Beetle)

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 2007470710682 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.