A27 crash in Worthing on 9 December 2015 at 11:20 involving a BMW 1 Series
A BMW 1 Series and a Renault Trafic van were involved in a crash on the A27 in Worthing at 11:20 on Wednesday 9 December 2015. The 54-year-old male driver of the Renault Trafic van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Dec 2015
- Wednesday, 11:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 1 Series and Renault Trafic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83416, longitude -0.36725, 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
- 2015471507285
- Council area
- Worthing
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 27
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 25 May 2015.
Slight
Mitsubishi Colt crash on an unclassified road in Worthing, 25 May 2015
1 m awayRef 2015471502884
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A27 in Worthing, 28 February 2013
3 m awayRef 2013471301084
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A27 in Worthing, 25 May 2011
3 m awayRef 2011471103220
Slight
Hyundai Coupe crash on the A27 in Worthing, 24 April 2015
3 m awayRef 2015471502265
Serious
Audi A3 crash on the A27 in Worthing, 9 June 2018
4 m awayRef 2018471803147
Slight
Seat Alhambra crash on the A27 in Worthing, 17 May 2022
4 m awayRef 2022471178359
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Trafic
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Trafic)
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 2015471507285 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.