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Serious unclassified road crash in Worthing BN11 on 23 May 2017 at 19:40 involving a Citroen C4

A Citroen C4 and a Mini One were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Worthing at 19:40 on Tuesday 23 May 2017. The 30-year-old male driver of the Mini One was seriously injured and the 43-year-old male driver of the Citroen C4 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 May 2017
Tuesday, 19:40
Vehicles
2
Citroen C4 and Mini One
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81291, longitude -0.3934, in the BN11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worthing. It is one of the crashes that make up the Heene, Worthing, BN11 4QE area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017471702832
Council area
Worthing
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
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
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
97%
Estimated chance it was slight
3%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 13 November 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen C4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Mini One

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C4)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini One)

    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 2017471702832 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Worthing road accident statistics for 2017.