A259 crash in Worthing on 7 May 2018 at 11:55 involving a Volkswagen UP
A Volkswagen UP, a Mazda 2 and a Volkswagen Tiguan were involved in a crash on the A259 in Worthing at 11:55 on Monday 7 May 2018. The 46-year-old male driver of the Mazda 2 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
- 7 May 2018
- Monday, 11:55
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volkswagen UP and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81271, longitude -0.35727, in the BN11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worthing. It is one of the crashes that make up the Selden, Worthing, BN11 2DG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Worthing
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018471802470
- 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
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 August 1990.
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A259 in Worthing, 20 August 1990
2 m awayRef 199047XA00450
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A259 in Worthing, 30 November 2001
8 m awayRef 200147X144391
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the A259 in Worthing, 15 February 2004
8 m awayRef 200447K172019
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A259 in Worthing, 5 May 1997
8 m awayRef 199747XA70240
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A259 in Worthing, 18 December 2025
10 m awayRef 2025471685026
Serious
Honda crash on the A259 in Worthing, 22 April 1994
11 m awayRef 199447XA40193
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen UP
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mazda 2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,400 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Tiguan
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 2)
- 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 2018471802470 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 2018.