A259 crash in Chichester on 13 October 2015 at 08:59 involving a Volvo V50
A Volvo V50 and a Suzuki DR 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A259 in Chichester at 08:59 on Tuesday 13 October 2015. The 18-year-old male rider of the Suzuki DR 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Oct 2015
- Tuesday, 08:59
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo V50 and Suzuki DR 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84629, longitude -0.92574, in the PO10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Emsworth.
Map of where the crash happened in Chichester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015471505992
- Council area
- Chichester
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- 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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 October 2000.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A259 in Chichester, 13 October 2000
7 m awayRef 200047Y127757
Slight
Car crash on the A27 in Chichester, 26 December 1985
8 m awayRef 198547YA50750
Slight
Lorry crash on the A27 in Chichester, 12 January 1987
8 m awayRef 198747YA70012
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A259 in Chichester, 9 September 1988
17 m awayRef 198847YA80454
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A259 in Chichester, 14 January 1990
17 m awayRef 199047YA00036
Serious
Nissan Micra crash on the A259 in Chichester, 18 November 2006
33 m awayRef 2006470609842
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo V50
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Suzuki DR 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki DR 125)
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 2015471505992 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.