A286 crash in Chichester on 6 July 2013 at 17:15 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus, a Fiat Punto and a Toyota Avensis were involved in a crash on the A286 in Chichester at 17:15 on Saturday 6 July 2013. A 30-year-old female passenger in the Fiat Punto, a 3-year-old male passenger in the Toyota Avensis and the 28-year-old male driver of the Fiat Punto were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Jul 2013
- Saturday, 17:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Focus and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79084, longitude -0.83544, in the PO20 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Chichester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013471303460
- Council area
- Chichester
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 286
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- 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, 12 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 September 2011.
Serious
Renault Megane crash on the A286 in Chichester, 6 September 2011
12 m awayRef 2011471105519
Fatal
Nissan Note crash on the A286 in Chichester, 19 June 2017
19 m awayRef 2017471703373
Serious
Suzuki Alto crash on the A286 in Chichester, 25 April 2010
55 m awayRef 2010471002702
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A286 in Chichester, 27 March 1983
67 m awayRef 198347YA30146
Slight
Dennis crash on the A286 in Chichester, 3 September 1994
75 m awayRef 199447YA40583
Slight
Bedford crash on the A286 in Chichester, 17 September 1992
75 m awayRef 199247YA20567
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 3: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Toyota Avensis)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)
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 2013471303460 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 2013.