A27 crash in Worthing on 27 June 2015 at 13:46 involving a Vauxhall Movano
Four vehicles, including a Vauxhall Movano and a Toyota Celica, were involved in a crash on the A27 in Worthing at 13:46 on Saturday 27 June 2015. The 56-year-old female driver of the Toyota Celica and the 47-year-old female driver of the BMW 3 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Jun 2015
- Saturday, 13:46
- Vehicles
- 4
- Vauxhall Movano and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83287, longitude -0.37985, in the BN14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worthing. It is one of the crashes that make up the Broadwater, Worthing, BN14 9LL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Worthing
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015471503654
- Council area
- Worthing
- 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
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 July 2003.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A27 in Worthing, 24 July 2003
4 m awayRef 200347K165325
Slight
Car crash on the A27 in Worthing, 20 September 1980
12 m awayRef 198047XA00645
Slight
Audi A5 crash on the A27 in Worthing, 20 February 2011
12 m awayRef 2011471101155
Slight
Renault crash on the A27 in Worthing, 22 April 2013
16 m awayRef 2013471302077
Slight
Car crash on the A27 in Worthing, 30 June 1985
20 m awayRef 198547XA50290
Serious
Toyota Avensis crash on the A27 in Worthing, 18 October 2006
20 m awayRef 2006470608773
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Movano
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,463 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Celica
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,794 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 3: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 30 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Celica)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (BMW 3 Series)
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 2015471503654 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.