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A283 crash in Chichester on 5 September 2017 at 14:25 involving a Jaguar XJ Series

A Jaguar XJ Series crashed on the A283 in Chichester at 14:25 on Tuesday 5 September 2017. The 74-year-old male driver and a 73-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Sep 2017
Tuesday, 14:25
Vehicles
1
Jaguar XJ Series
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.03922, longitude -0.64067, in the GU28 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Chichester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017471705015
Council area
Chichester
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
283
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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 serious injury crash on 6 July 2017.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Jaguar XJ Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    74 years
    Engine capacity
    3,248 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    19 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Jaguar XJ Series)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Jaguar XJ Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2017471705015 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 2017.