A259 crash in Chichester on 31 August 2016 at 06:27 involving a Peugeot 307
A Peugeot 307 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A259 in Chichester at 06:27 on Wednesday 31 August 2016. The 52-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Aug 2016
- Wednesday, 06:27
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 307 and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84338, longitude -0.88552, in the PO18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hambrook and Nutbourne.
Map of where the crash happened in Chichester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016471605280
- 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
- 259
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 July 1996.
Slight
Ford crash on the A259 in Chichester, 15 July 1996
7 m awayRef 199647YA60499
Slight
Car crash on the A27 in Chichester, 15 November 1979
12 m awayRef 197947YA90605
Slight
Car crash on the A27 in Chichester, 30 May 1986
23 m awayRef 198647YA60276
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A27 in Chichester, 21 September 1981
39 m awayRef 198147YA10548
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A27 in Chichester, 8 June 1980
61 m awayRef 198047YA00281
Slight
Car crash on the A27 in Chichester, 30 March 1982
61 m awayRef 198247YA20142
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 52, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2016471605280 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.