A286 crash in Chichester on 15 December 2013 at 17:05 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a Kymco Pulsar motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A286 in Chichester at 17:05 on Sunday 15 December 2013. The 17-year-old male rider of the Kymco Pulsar motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Dec 2013
- Sunday, 17:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Kymco Pulsar
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86522, longitude -0.78317, in the PO18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Mid Lavant. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lavant, Chichester, PO18 0AD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013471306800
- 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
- 286
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 11 June 2021.
Serious
Mini One crash on the A286 in Chichester, 11 June 2021
1 m awayRef 2021471054806
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on a C road in Chichester, 23 November 1994
4 m awayRef 199447YA40757
Slight
Citroen AX crash on a C road in Chichester, 4 November 1992
4 m awayRef 199247YA20684
Slight
Porsche 911 crash on the A286 in Chichester, 12 July 2025
9 m awayRef 2025471615250
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A286 in Chichester, 15 May 2022
9 m awayRef 2022471177358
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A286 in Chichester, 17 August 2001
10 m awayRef 200147Y140384
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Kymco Pulsar
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Kymco Pulsar)
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 2013471306800 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.