B2145 crash in Chichester on 19 December 2018 at 16:40 involving a Ssangyong Rodius
A Ssangyong Rodius, a DS DS3 and a Mercedes were involved in a crash on the B2145 in Chichester at 16:40 on Wednesday 19 December 2018. The 44-year-old female driver of the DS DS3, a 15-year-old female passenger in the DS DS3 and the 66-year-old female driver of the Mercedes were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Dec 2018
- Wednesday, 16:40
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ssangyong Rodius and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8104, longitude -0.77728, in the PO20 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Chichester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018471807085
- Council area
- Chichester
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2145
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 July 2018.
Slight
New Holland crash on the B2145 in Chichester, 31 July 2018
5 m awayRef 2018471804243
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the B2145 in Chichester, 4 January 2015
38 m awayRef 2015471500056
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the B2145 in Chichester, 1 August 2013
41 m awayRef 2013471303999
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the B2145 in Chichester, 3 October 1995
48 m awayRef 199547YA50662
Serious
Austin Morris Maxi crash on the B2145 in Chichester, 14 January 1990
62 m awayRef 199047YA00028
Slight
Car crash on the B2145 in Chichester, 9 July 1988
68 m awayRef 198847YA80337
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ssangyong Rodius
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,157 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: DS DS3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Mercedes
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,689 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (DS DS3)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (DS DS3)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Mercedes)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018471807085 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.