A29 crash in Arun on 15 December 2013 at 16:49 involving a Nissan Juke
A Nissan Juke, a Citroen Xsara taxi and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A29 in Arun at 16:49 on Sunday 15 December 2013. The 58-year-old male driver of the Citroen Xsara taxi, a 24-year-old female passenger in the Citroen Xsara taxi and a 60-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Dec 2013
- Sunday, 16:49
- Vehicles
- 3
- Nissan Juke and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83613, longitude -0.66842, in the PO20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eastergate.
Map of where the crash happened in Arun
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013471306801
- Council area
- Arun
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 29
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 September 1981.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A29 in Arun, 12 September 1981
2 m awayRef 198147YA10530
Slight
Car crash on the A29 in Arun, 8 November 1987
16 m awayRef 198747XA70739
Serious
Mercedes 200 crash on the A29 in Arun, 12 May 1990
19 m awayRef 199047YA00332
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on the A29 in Arun, 31 August 1994
19 m awayRef 199447YA40577
Slight
Car crash on the A29 in Arun, 5 October 1986
33 m awayRef 198647YA60552
Slight
Car crash on the A29 in Arun, 25 January 1983
39 m awayRef 198347YA30048
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Juke
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Xsara
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 58, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xsara)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xsara)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2013471306801 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Arun road accident statistics for 2013.