A259 crash in Chichester on 15 September 2019 at 12:35 involving a Toyota Prius
A Toyota Prius and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the A259 in Chichester at 12:35 on Sunday 15 September 2019. The 54-year-old female driver of the Toyota Prius was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Sep 2019
- Sunday, 12:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Prius and Audi A4
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83434, longitude -0.79776, in the PO19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Fishbourne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chichester Central, Chichester, PO19 8GS area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019470878950
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other 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
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 October 2022.
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A259 in Chichester, 14 October 2022
2 m awayRef 2022471230508
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A259 in Chichester, 16 May 2016
2 m awayRef 2016471602880
Slight
Audi A6 crash on the A259 in Chichester, 17 February 2021
2 m awayRef 2021471022562
Serious
Kia Ceed crash on the A259 in Chichester, 7 October 2022
3 m awayRef 2022471227863
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A259 in Chichester, 8 April 2021
3 m awayRef 2021471034181
Slight
BMW X3 crash on the A259 in Chichester, 30 July 2020
3 m awayRef 2020470968602
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Prius
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Prius)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2019470878950 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 2019.