A259 crash in Worthing on 21 December 2017 at 08:20 involving a Volkswagen Polo
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Dec 2017
- Thursday, 08:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82207, longitude -0.43449, in the BN12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castle, Worthing, BN12 6LS area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017471707241
- Council area
- Worthing
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 259
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 259
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, 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, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 February 2024.
Serious
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the A259 in Worthing, 3 February 2024
2 m awayRef 2024471406020
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A259 in Worthing, 17 July 2020
4 m awayRef 2020470966136
Serious
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A259 in Worthing, 30 December 2014
4 m awayRef 2014471407666
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A259 in Worthing, 2 October 2007
4 m awayRef 2007470708245
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A259 in Worthing, 16 September 1992
4 m awayRef 199247XA20444
Slight
Datsun 120 crash on the A259 in Worthing, 2 August 1990
4 m awayRef 199047XA00231
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,197 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 46, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most 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 2017471707241 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.