A27 crash in Chichester on 26 December 2016 at 12:15 involving a Toyota Yaris
A Toyota Yaris and a Dodge Caliber were involved in a crash on the A27 in Chichester at 12:15 on Monday 26 December 2016. The 45-year-old male driver of the Dodge Caliber and a 14-year-old female passenger in the Dodge Caliber were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Dec 2016
- Monday, 12:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Yaris and Dodge Caliber
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8332, longitude -0.79948, in the PO19 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chichester Central, Chichester, PO19 8GS area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016471607810
- Council area
- Chichester
- 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
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 259
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 23 April 2016.
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the A27 in Chichester, 23 April 2016
1 m awayRef 2016471602375
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A27 in Chichester, 12 September 2016
1 m awayRef 2016471605538
Serious
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A27 in Chichester, 15 November 2011
2 m awayRef 2011471107261
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A27 in Chichester, 27 April 2023
2 m awayRef 2023471301778
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A27 in Chichester, 26 August 2016
3 m awayRef 2016471605163
Slight
Renault Twingo crash on the A27 in Chichester, 20 September 2019
3 m awayRef 2019470879671
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 75 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,329 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Dodge Caliber
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Dodge Caliber)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Dodge Caliber)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2016471607810 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.