Serious A286 crash in Chichester on 18 June 2011 at 16:04 involving a Ford KA
A Ford KA and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A286 in Chichester at 16:04 on Saturday 18 June 2011. A 62-year-old male passenger in the Ford KA was seriously injured and the 64-year-old female driver of the Ford KA and the 26-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 18 Jun 2011
- Saturday, 16:04
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford KA and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.99275, longitude -0.73417, in the GU29 postcode district and within the built-up area of Easebourne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Easebourne, Chichester, GU29 9GD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Chichester
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011471103779
- 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
- 286
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 97%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 3%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 August 2001.
Slight
Reliant Rialto crash on the A286 in Chichester, 1 August 2001
8 m awayRef 200147Y139606
Slight
Car crash on the A286 in Chichester, 8 December 1984
31 m awayRef 198447YA40755
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A286 in Chichester, 25 July 1984
54 m awayRef 198447YA40411
Slight
Car crash on the A286 in Chichester, 19 December 2024
76 m awayRef 2024471532386
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A272 in Chichester, 31 January 2003
85 m awayRef 200347K159658
Slight
Car crash on the A286 in Chichester, 19 October 1981
94 m awayRef 198147YA10629
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 2011471103779 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.