A259 crash in Adur on 23 August 2015 at 14:47 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and an Audi Q3 were involved in a crash on the A259 in Adur at 14:47 on Sunday 23 August 2015. The 66-year-old male driver of the Audi Q3 and a 60-year-old female passenger in the Renault Clio were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Aug 2015
- Sunday, 14:47
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Audi Q3
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83215, longitude -0.2726, in the BN43 postcode district and within the built-up area of Shoreham-by-Sea. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Mary's, Adur, BN43 5WX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Adur
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015471504883
- Council area
- Adur
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 259
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 May 2013.
Slight
Volvo V50 crash on the A259 in Adur, 25 May 2013
6 m awayRef 2013471302619
Serious
BMW 5 Series crash on the A259 in Adur, 2 April 2025
8 m awayRef 2025471572891
Serious
Audi A1 crash on the A259 in Adur, 25 May 2023
10 m awayRef 2023471313320
Serious
Toyota Avensis crash on the A259 in Adur, 18 May 2021
11 m awayRef 2021471046854
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A259 in Adur, 13 April 2018
12 m awayRef 2018471801983
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A259 in Adur, 19 November 2010
15 m awayRef 2010471007819
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Audi Q3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi Q3)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2015471504883 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Adur road accident statistics for 2015.