A283 crash in Chichester on 27 August 2016 at 11:35 involving a Skoda Fabia
A Skoda Fabia and a car were involved in a crash on the A283 in Chichester at 11:35 on Saturday 27 August 2016. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Aug 2016
- Saturday, 11:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Fabia and car
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.9987, longitude -0.61696, in the GU28 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Chichester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016471605160
- 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
- 283
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 October 1991.
Serious
Mazda 323 crash on the A283 in Chichester, 21 October 1991
4 m awayRef 199147YA10719
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A283 in Chichester, 10 April 2004
12 m awayRef 200447K173837
Slight
Bus crash on the A283 in Chichester, 14 August 1979
12 m awayRef 197947YA90410
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A283 in Chichester, 27 January 2007
19 m awayRef 2007470700894
Slight
Nissan Bluebird crash on the A283 in Chichester, 27 April 1992
53 m awayRef 199247YA20225
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A283 in Chichester, 11 January 1996
53 m awayRef 199647YA60025
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Fabia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Fabia)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Fabia)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2016471605160 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.