Unclassified road crash in Chichester GU30 on 5 January 2009 at 15:14 involving a Scania lorry
A Scania lorry and a Toyota Corolla were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Chichester at 15:14 on Monday 5 January 2009. The 29-year-old female driver of the Toyota Corolla was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Jan 2009
- Monday, 15:14
- Vehicles
- 2
- Scania and Toyota Corolla
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.05407, longitude -0.78606, in the GU30 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Chichester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009470900103
- Council area
- Chichester
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Frost or ice
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, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 September 1988.
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Chichester, 3 September 1988
32 m awayRef 198847YA80445
Slight
Chevrolet Matiz crash on an unclassified road in Chichester, 15 December 2024
33 m awayRef 2024471530466
Slight
Ford Escort crash on a C road in Chichester, 17 November 1997
50 m awayRef 199747YA70615
Slight
Citroen BX crash on a C road in Chichester, 15 August 1990
63 m awayRef 199047YA00680
Serious
Peugeot 405 crash on a C road in Chichester, 14 October 1990
130 m awayRef 199047YA00780
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Chichester, 16 November 1982
165 m awayRef 198247YA20643
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Scania
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 8,970 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South 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
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,332 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Corolla)
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 2009470900103 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 2009.