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A272 crash in Chichester on 22 November 2016 at 13:30 involving a Volkswagen Passat

A Volkswagen Passat and a Mercedes lorry were involved in a crash on the A272 in Chichester at 13:30 on Tuesday 22 November 2016. The 58-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Passat was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Nov 2016
Tuesday, 13:30
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Passat and Mercedes
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.00575, longitude -0.8829, in the GU31 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Chichester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016471607011
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
272
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Wet or damp

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 slight injury crash on 7 March 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    4,250 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Passat)

    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 2016471607011 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.