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Serious unclassified road crash in Arun BN16 on 14 May 2018 at 10:30 involving a Ford Transit Connect van

A Ford Transit Connect van hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in Arun at 10:30 on Monday 14 May 2018. A 70-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured and a 2-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 May 2018
Monday, 10:30
Vehicles
1
Ford Transit Connect
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81073, longitude -0.51102, in the BN16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rustington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rustington West, Arun, BN16 3HD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Arun

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018471802639
Council area
Arun
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 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
B
Second road number
2140

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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
98%
Estimated chance it was slight
2%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 28 October 1991.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit Connect

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,499 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 70, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Transit Connect)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 2, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Transit Connect)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2018471802639 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Arun road accident statistics for 2018.