A283 crash in Chichester on 31 October 2013 at 15:51 involving a Toyota RAV4
A Toyota RAV4 and a Fiat Panda were involved in a crash on the A283 in Chichester at 15:51 on Thursday 31 October 2013. The 77-year-old female driver of the Toyota RAV4 and the 78-year-old male driver of the Fiat Panda were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Oct 2013
- Thursday, 15:51
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota RAV4 and Fiat Panda
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.98543, longitude -0.60057, in the GU28 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Petworth, Chichester, GU28 0DB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Chichester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013471305834
- 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
- 283
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- 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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 April 1986.
Slight
Car crash on the A283 in Chichester, 27 April 1986
5 m awayRef 198647YA60211
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A283 in Chichester, 24 August 1994
5 m awayRef 199447YA40552
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A283 in Chichester, 12 December 2014
15 m awayRef 2014471407306
Slight
Alfa Romeo 155 crash on the A283 in Chichester, 20 February 2003
15 m awayRef 200347K160131
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A283 in Chichester, 25 October 2008
25 m awayRef 2008470808224
Fatal
Car crash on the A283 in Chichester, 16 March 1980
26 m awayRef 198047YA00117
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota RAV4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 77 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Panda
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 78 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota RAV4)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Panda)
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 2013471305834 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.