B2166 crash in Chichester on 3 December 2017 at 06:50 involving an Alexander Dennis bus
A bicycle and an Alexander Dennis bus were involved in a crash on the B2166 in Chichester at 06:50 on Sunday 3 December 2017. The 33-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Dec 2017
- Sunday, 06:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Alexander Dennis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8114, longitude -0.73915, in the PO20 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Chichester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017471706861
- Council area
- Chichester
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2166
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- 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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 August 2015.
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the B2166 in Chichester, 22 August 2015
8 m awayRef 2015471504927
Fatal
Peugeot 106 crash on the B2166 in Chichester, 1 September 2000
33 m awayRef 200047Y126223
Slight
Van crash on the B2166 in Chichester, 24 April 1994
41 m awayRef 199447YA40260
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B2166 in Chichester, 22 May 2007
41 m awayRef 2007470704223
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B2166 in Chichester, 9 July 2001
41 m awayRef 200147Y138693
Slight
Renault Scenic crash on the B2166 in Chichester, 18 October 2016
44 m awayRef 2016471606246
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Alexander Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,700 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 33, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- 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 2017471706861 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.