A272 crash in Chichester on 14 September 2017 at 13:53 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a Ford C-Max were involved in a crash on the A272 in Chichester at 13:53 on Thursday 14 September 2017. The 30-year-old female driver of the Ford C-Max was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Sep 2017
- Thursday, 13:53
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and Ford C-Max
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.99606, longitude -0.72678, in the GU29 postcode district and within the built-up area of Easebourne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Easebourne, Chichester, GU29 9GD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Chichester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017471705211
- 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
- 272
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 February 2017.
Slight
Car crash on the A272 in Chichester, 21 February 2017
8 m awayRef 2017471701081
Slight
Car crash on the A272 in Chichester, 15 July 1989
9 m awayRef 198947YA90492
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Chichester, 28 September 1981
59 m awayRef 198147YA10583
Slight
Car crash on the A272 in Chichester, 25 November 1982
69 m awayRef 198247YA20663
Serious
Kia Stonic crash on an unclassified road in Chichester, 11 July 2021
72 m awayRef 2021471065409
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A272 in Chichester, 16 April 1992
86 m awayRef 199247YA20193
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,395 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford C-Max
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford C-Max)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2017471705211 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.