B2144 crash in Chichester on 31 May 2012 at 14:40 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the B2144 in Chichester at 14:40 on Thursday 31 May 2012. The 40-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and a 35-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 May 2012
- Thursday, 14:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82509, longitude -0.73379, in the PO20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the North Mundham & Tangmere, Chichester, PO20 1DY area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012471202813
- Council area
- Chichester
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2144
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 259
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 March 1994.
Slight
Scania crash on the A259 in Chichester, 14 March 1994
10 m awayRef 199447YA40163
Slight
Volvo crash on the A259 in Chichester, 5 June 2001
10 m awayRef 200147Y137456
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A259 in Chichester, 15 January 2005
10 m awayRef 2005470500654
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A259 in Chichester, 31 May 1996
14 m awayRef 199647YA60380
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B2144 in Chichester, 7 November 2017
17 m awayRef 2017471706275
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B2144 in Chichester, 16 April 1991
20 m awayRef 199147YA10235
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,171 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2012471202813 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.