A259 crash in Chichester on 8 May 2018 at 15:20 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Honda Jazz were involved in a crash on the A259 in Chichester at 15:20 on Tuesday 8 May 2018. The 20-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio and a 20-year-old male passenger in the Renault Clio were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 May 2018
- Tuesday, 15:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Honda Jazz
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81197, longitude -0.70694, in the PO21 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Chichester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018471802475
- 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
- 259
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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 31 July 1996.
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the A259 in Chichester, 31 July 1996
8 m awayRef 199647YA60556
Serious
Land Rover Freelander crash on the A259 in Chichester, 8 March 2017
11 m awayRef 2017471701318
Serious
Suzuki DR 125 crash on the A259 in Chichester, 11 September 2015
16 m awayRef 2015471505236
Slight
Bedford crash on the A259 in Chichester, 19 December 1997
21 m awayRef 199747YA70685
Slight
Morris Minor crash on the A259 in Chichester, 1 June 1990
22 m awayRef 199047YA00372
Slight
Lorry crash on the A259 in Chichester, 30 June 1989
22 m awayRef 198947YA90437
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda Jazz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2018471802475 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.