Unclassified road crash in Chichester PO20 on 20 April 2018 at 14:59 involving a New Holland agricultural vehicle
A New Holland agricultural vehicle and a Suzuki motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Chichester at 14:59 on Friday 20 April 2018. A 51-year-old female passenger on the Suzuki motorcycle and the 55-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Apr 2018
- Friday, 14:59
- Vehicles
- 2
- New Holland and Suzuki
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81763, longitude -0.80377, in the PO20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Harbour Villages, Chichester, PO20 7DZ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018471802133
- Council area
- Chichester
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- A
- Second road number
- 286
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
- Special conditions at the site
- Oil or diesel
- Carriageway hazards
- Oil or diesel
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 30 January 2024.
Slight
Seat Arona crash on the A286 in Chichester, 30 January 2024
1 m awayRef 2024471404451
Serious
Ford Transit Custom crash on the A286 in Chichester, 9 June 2021
1 m awayRef 2021471054150
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A286 in Chichester, 10 May 2023
2 m awayRef 2023471305723
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A286 in Chichester, 11 July 2013
4 m awayRef 2013471303596
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A286 in Chichester, 14 April 2014
4 m awayRef 2014471402011
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A286 in Chichester, 28 November 1997
4 m awayRef 199747YA70635
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: New Holland
Agricultural vehicle
- Towing and articulation
- Other tow
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,728 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Suzuki
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 589 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 29 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 51, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Rider
SlightMale, aged 55, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2018471802133 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 2018.