Unclassified road crash in Arun PO21 on 3 December 2016 at 14:07 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 and an Alfa Romeo 159 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Arun at 14:07 on Saturday 3 December 2016. The 78-year-old male driver of the Alfa Romeo 159 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Dec 2016
- Saturday, 14:07
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and Alfa Romeo 159
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79664, longitude -0.69724, in the PO21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bognor Regis. It is one of the crashes that make up the Orchard, Arun, PO22 9DT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Arun
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016471607288
- Council area
- Arun
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 28 June 1979.
Slight
Vehicle crash on a C road in Arun, 28 June 1979
1 m awayRef 197947YA90300
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Arun, 8 May 2016
6 m awayRef 2016471602702
Serious
Car crash on a C road in Arun, 23 December 1988
9 m awayRef 198847YA80666
Slight
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Arun, 5 October 1985
10 m awayRef 198547YA50538
Slight
Skoda Superb crash on an unclassified road in Arun, 13 July 2012
10 m awayRef 2012471203580
Slight
Mercedes B Class crash on an unclassified road in Arun, 6 November 2022
19 m awayRef 2022471239081
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,976 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Alfa Romeo 159
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- 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
- 78 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,387 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Alfa Romeo 159)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2016471607288 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.