Serious unclassified road crash in Chichester PO18 on 20 August 2018 at 06:37 involving a car
A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Chichester at 06:37 on Monday 20 August 2018. The 29-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 20 Aug 2018
- Monday, 06:37
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84749, longitude -0.7518, in the PO18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Westhampnett.
Map of where the crash happened in Chichester
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018471804694
- 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
- 30 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
- 97%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 3%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 May 2012.
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on an unclassified road in Chichester, 21 May 2012
11 m awayRef 2012471202593
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A27 in Chichester, 28 March 1980
32 m awayRef 198047YA00146
Slight
Datsun Bluebird crash on the A27 in Chichester, 18 June 1990
32 m awayRef 199047YA00423
Serious
Car crash on the A27 in Chichester, 19 June 1989
32 m awayRef 198947YA90407
Serious
Bicycle crash on a C road in Chichester, 16 December 2008
32 m awayRef 2008470809785
Slight
Nissan Bluebird crash on an unclassified road in Chichester, 2 February 2000
33 m awayRef 200047Y003117
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 29, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018471804694 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.