A259 crash in Worthing on 20 June 2018 at 13:10 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Skoda Octavia were involved in a crash on the A259 in Worthing at 13:10 on Wednesday 20 June 2018. The 43-year-old male driver of the Skoda Octavia 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
- 20 Jun 2018
- Wednesday, 13:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Skoda Octavia
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81275, longitude -0.35792, 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
- 2018471803376
- Council area
- Worthing
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 November 1987.
Slight
Car crash on the A259 in Worthing, 19 November 1987
3 m awayRef 198747XA70791
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A259 in Worthing, 16 November 2020
3 m awayRef 2020470999499
Slight
Skoda Superb crash on the A259 in Worthing, 22 October 2025
4 m awayRef 2025471657844
Slight
LML Star crash on the A259 in Worthing, 4 August 2014
8 m awayRef 2014471404480
Slight
Van crash on the A259 in Worthing, 22 February 1988
8 m awayRef 198847XA80159
Slight
Car crash on the A259 in Worthing, 21 April 1979
12 m awayRef 197947XA90239
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Octavia)
- 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 2018471803376 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.