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Serious A27 crash in Arun on 27 July 2017 at 22:52 involving a Peugeot 208

A Peugeot 208 and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A27 in Arun at 22:52 on Thursday 27 July 2017. The 25-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus was seriously injured and an 18-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Jul 2017
Thursday, 22:52
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 208 and Ford Focus
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85583, longitude -0.67012, in the PO18 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Arundel & Walberton, Arun, PO18 0JX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Arun

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017471704234
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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
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
98%
Estimated chance it was slight
2%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 May 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 208

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,200 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    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 2017471704234 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.