Serious C road crash in Chichester PO19 on 23 January 2012 at 17:45 involving a Honda Civic
A bicycle and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on a C road in Chichester at 17:45 on Monday 23 January 2012. The 42-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 23 Jan 2012
- Monday, 17:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Honda Civic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84088, longitude -0.76362, in the PO19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chichester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chichester East, Chichester, PO19 7HH area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012471200494
- Council area
- Chichester
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 285
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 September 2012.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A285 in Chichester, 29 September 2012
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Slight
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Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A285 in Chichester, 21 December 2000
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Slight
Volvo 480 crash on the A285 in Chichester, 14 November 1995
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Serious
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Slight
Suzuki SX4 crash on the A285 in Chichester, 6 May 2025
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
Vehicle 2: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn 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
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,204 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousFemale, aged 42, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
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 2012471200494 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 2012.