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A280 crash in Arun on 16 April 2016 at 16:18 involving a Vauxhall Zafira

A Vauxhall Zafira and a Volvo 940 were involved in a crash on the A280 in Arun at 16:18 on Saturday 16 April 2016. All eight casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Apr 2016
Saturday, 16:18
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Zafira and Volvo 940
Casualties
8
8 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83536, longitude -0.4655, in the BN16 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Arun

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016471602228
Council area
Arun
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
280
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 March 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 940

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    2,316 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    20 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (8)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)

    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 940)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 940)

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

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Casualty 8: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% least 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 2016471602228 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Arun road accident statistics for 2016.