A29 crash in Chichester on 12 December 2015 at 18:00 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane, a Kia Sedona and a Volvo C70 were involved in a crash on the A29 in Chichester at 18:00 on Saturday 12 December 2015. The 54-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane and the 62-year-old male driver of the Kia Sedona were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Dec 2015
- Saturday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Renault Megane and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.92063, longitude -0.56479, in the RH20 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Chichester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015471507369
- Council area
- Chichester
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 29
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 August 2024.
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the A29 in Chichester, 30 August 2024
19 m awayRef 2024471485697
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A29 in Chichester, 19 November 1999
66 m awayRef 199947Y002809
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A29 in Chichester, 2 November 1996
88 m awayRef 199647YA60802
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A29 in Chichester, 14 April 1990
96 m awayRef 199047YA00243
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A29 in Chichester, 13 September 2004
106 m awayRef 200447K178706
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A29 in Chichester, 16 September 2003
136 m awayRef 200347K166825
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Kia Sedona
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,902 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 3: Volvo C70
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Sedona)
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 2015471507369 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.