Unclassified road crash in Adur BN42 on 15 December 2012 at 18:25 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a Seat Altea were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Adur at 18:25 on Saturday 15 December 2012. A 54-year-old female passenger in the Seat Altea was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Dec 2012
- Saturday, 18:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and Seat Altea
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83184, longitude -0.23587, in the BN42 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwick. It is one of the crashes that make up the Southwick Green, Adur, BN42 4DF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Adur
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012471206715
- Council area
- Adur
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 2167
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 March 2012.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Adur, 5 March 2012
10 m awayRef 2012471201206
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A259 in Adur, 17 October 2003
30 m awayRef 200347K168202
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B2167 in Adur, 4 May 1993
32 m awayRef 199347XA30214
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B2167 in Adur, 6 February 1989
36 m awayRef 198947XA90076
Slight
Van crash on the A259 in Adur, 11 January 2012
40 m awayRef 2012471200193
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A259 in Adur, 22 May 1999
40 m awayRef 199947X002945
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Seat Altea
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Seat Altea)
- 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 2012471206715 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Adur road accident statistics for 2012.