A27 crash in Chichester on 17 March 2015 at 13:16 involving a Peugeot 208
A Peugeot 208 and a Mercedes ML Class were involved in a crash on the A27 in Chichester at 13:16 on Tuesday 17 March 2015. The 50-year-old male driver of the Mercedes ML Class was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 70 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Mar 2015
- Tuesday, 13:16
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 208 and Mercedes ML Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82997, longitude -0.75447, in the PO19 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chichester South, Chichester, PO19 7XL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Chichester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015471501552
- 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
- 27
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 October 2016.
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the A27 in Chichester, 22 October 2016
3 m awayRef 2016471606382
Serious
Honda CBR900RR crash on the A27 in Chichester, 9 December 2016
4 m awayRef 2016471607441
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A27 in Chichester, 13 July 2013
4 m awayRef 2013471303611
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A27 in Chichester, 26 June 2007
5 m awayRef 2007470705256
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A27 in Chichester, 13 August 1985
5 m awayRef 198547YA50386
Slight
Skoda Superb crash on the A27 in Chichester, 25 August 2005
5 m awayRef 2005470507200
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 208
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Mercedes ML Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,208 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes ML Class)
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 2015471501552 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 2015.