A27 crash in Chichester on 25 May 2011 at 15:57 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A27 in Chichester at 15:57 on Wednesday 25 May 2011. A 69-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 70 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 May 2011
- Wednesday, 15:57
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82981, longitude -0.75479, in the PO19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chichester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chichester South, Chichester, PO19 7XL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Chichester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011471103269
- Council area
- Chichester
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 27
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Footbridge or subway
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 March 2007.
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A27 in Chichester, 30 March 2007
2 m awayRef 2007470702738
Slight
Lorry crash on the A27 in Chichester, 29 September 1988
2 m awayRef 198847YA80485
Serious
Car crash on the A27 in Chichester, 14 August 1987
2 m awayRef 198747YA70423
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A27 in Chichester, 26 August 2009
2 m awayRef 2009470906280
Slight
Honda crash on the A27 in Chichester, 1 August 1995
2 m awayRef 199547YA50490
Slight
Ford Puma crash on the A27 in Chichester, 20 May 2015
3 m awayRef 2015471502807
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 2011471103269 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 2011.