Serious B2145 crash in Chichester on 1 March 2014 at 11:30 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on the B2145 in Chichester at 11:30 on Saturday 1 March 2014. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 1 Mar 2014
- Saturday, 11:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and Vauxhall Zafira
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8114, longitude -0.77584, in the PO20 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Chichester
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014471401214
- Council area
- Chichester
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2145
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Daylight
- 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
- 97%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 3%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 January 2024.
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B2145 in Chichester, 7 January 2024
8 m awayRef 2024471397083
Slight
Citroen BX crash on the B2145 in Chichester, 17 August 1990
9 m awayRef 199047YA00628
Slight
Van crash on the B2145 in Chichester, 24 May 1996
9 m awayRef 199647YA60348
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B2145 in Chichester, 29 November 1995
9 m awayRef 199547YA50799
Slight
Car crash on the B2145 in Chichester, 24 August 1987
9 m awayRef 198747YA70450
Slight
Aprilia crash on the B2145 in Chichester, 4 February 1998
13 m awayRef 199847YA80052
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- 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 2014471401214 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 2014.