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A27 crash in Chichester on 16 March 2016 at 17:10 involving a Citroen Xsara

A Citroen Xsara crashed on the A27 in Chichester at 17:10 on Wednesday 16 March 2016. The 33-year-old female driver and an 11-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Mar 2016
Wednesday, 17:10
Vehicles
1
Citroen Xsara
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85276, longitude -0.73044, in the PO18 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Chichester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016471601604
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
27
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
285

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, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 November 2022.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Xsara

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Xsara)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Xsara)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

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 2016471601604 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 2016.