A259 crash in Arun on 22 December 2013 at 03:56 involving a Honda Accord
A Honda Accord and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on the A259 in Arun at 03:56 on Sunday 22 December 2013. The 19-year-old female driver of the Ford KA, a 20-year-old female passenger in the Ford KA and a 21-year-old male passenger in the Ford KA were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Dec 2013
- Sunday, 03:56
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Accord and Ford KA
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79273, longitude -0.6463, in the PO22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bognor Regis. It is one of the crashes that make up the Felpham West, Arun, PO22 8PT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Arun
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013471306980
- Council area
- Arun
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 259
- 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
- Unclassified
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
- 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, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 July 1986.
Serious
Car crash on the A259 in Arun, 11 July 1986
2 m awayRef 198647YA60369
Slight
Car crash on the A259 in Arun, 6 October 1987
12 m awayRef 198747YA70539
Serious
Car crash on the A259 in Arun, 11 October 1981
12 m awayRef 198147YA10608
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A259 in Arun, 15 April 2001
14 m awayRef 200147Y135383
Slight
Car crash on the A259 in Arun, 22 April 1988
22 m awayRef 198847YA80206
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A259 in Arun, 6 February 2000
22 m awayRef 200047Y003121
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Accord
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,850 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
- 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 2013471306980 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.