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A27 crash in Adur on 6 June 2016 at 10:07 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a Honda Jazz were involved in a crash on the A27 in Adur at 10:07 on Monday 6 June 2016. A 63-year-old female passenger in the Honda Jazz was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Jun 2016
Monday, 10:07
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and Honda Jazz
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84438, longitude -0.28695, in the BN43 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Nicolas, Adur, BN43 5NW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Adur

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016471603285
Council area
Adur
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
Dual carriageway
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
283

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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 2 November 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering from slip road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Honda Jazz

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    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
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    1,246 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Jazz)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2016471603285 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Adur road accident statistics for 2016.