A24 crash in Worthing on 16 November 2015 at 17:34 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Kia Rio were involved in a crash on the A24 in Worthing at 17:34 on Monday 16 November 2015. The 40-year-old female driver of the Kia Rio was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Nov 2015
- Monday, 17:34
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Kia Rio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82623, longitude -0.37377, 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
- 2015471506778
- 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
- 24
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 2223
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 November 2016.
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A24 in Worthing, 17 November 2016
5 m awayRef 2016471606956
Slight
Volkswagen Scirocco crash on the A24 in Worthing, 17 June 1990
6 m awayRef 199047XA00316
Slight
Renault 11 crash on the B2233 in Worthing, 7 November 1994
6 m awayRef 199447XA40551
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A24 in Worthing, 15 June 2005
6 m awayRef 2005470504979
Serious
Volvo 245 crash on the A24 in Worthing, 19 March 1990
6 m awayRef 199047XA00150
Slight
Ford KA crash on the B2223 in Worthing, 16 June 2010
7 m awayRef 2010471003924
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Kia Rio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Rio)
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 2015471506778 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.