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Serious unclassified road crash in Worthing BN11 on 20 May 2015 at 14:15 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Worthing at 14:15 on Wednesday 20 May 2015. The 84-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 May 2015
Wednesday, 14:15
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and Ford Mondeo
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81296, longitude -0.4015, in the BN11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worthing. It is one of the crashes that make up the Heene, Worthing, BN11 4QE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Worthing

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015471502838
Council area
Worthing
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
97%
Estimated chance it was slight
3%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 33 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 May 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    84 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

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 2015471502838 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 2015.