Serious A272 crash in Chichester on 11 July 2014 at 15:50 involving a Mercedes E Class
A Mercedes E Class and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A272 in Chichester at 15:50 on Friday 11 July 2014. The 86-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 11 Jul 2014
- Friday, 15:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes E Class and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.9967, longitude -0.58371, in the GU28 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Chichester
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014471403923
- 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
- 272
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- 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
- 98%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 2%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 January 1993.
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A272 in Chichester, 17 January 1993
8 m awayRef 199347YA30031
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A272 in Chichester, 8 March 1995
91 m awayRef 199547YA50127
Serious
DAF Trucks crash on the A272 in Chichester, 22 March 1991
97 m awayRef 199147YA10183
Serious
Toyota Corolla crash on the A272 in Chichester, 13 March 1997
204 m awayRef 199747YA70135
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A272 in Chichester, 10 September 2025
255 m awayRef 2025471639885
Serious
Rover Range Rover crash on the A272 in Chichester, 8 March 1996
271 m awayRef 199647YA60172
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 86 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 86, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
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 2014471403923 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.