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A27 crash in Arun on 7 February 2017 at 16:19 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Volkswagen Tiguan were involved in a crash on the A27 in Arun at 16:19 on Tuesday 7 February 2017. The 67-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Tiguan, a 76-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Tiguan and the 29-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Feb 2017
Tuesday, 16:19
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Volkswagen Tiguan
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85451, longitude -0.63919, in the BN18 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Arundel & Walberton, Arun, BN18 0SG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Arun

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017471700802
Council area
Arun
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
27
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 December 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Tiguan

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Tiguan)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Tiguan)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    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 2017471700802 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 2017.