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Serious A24 crash in Worthing on 21 January 2014 at 21:45 involving a Citroen C1

A Citroen C1 and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A24 in Worthing at 21:45 on Tuesday 21 January 2014. An 18-year-old male passenger in the Citroen C1 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Jan 2014
Tuesday, 21:45
Vehicles
2
Citroen C1 and Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84704, longitude -0.39668, in the BN14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worthing. It is one of the crashes that make up the Offington, Worthing, BN14 0BF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Worthing

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014471400469
Council area
Worthing
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
24
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
97%
Estimated chance it was slight
3%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 September 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen C1

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North
    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
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: 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
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C1)

    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 2014471400469 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Worthing road accident statistics for 2014.