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Unclassified road crash in Adur BN42 on 17 December 2019 at 13:59 involving a Peugeot Boxer lorry

A Peugeot Boxer lorry and an Audi S4 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Adur at 13:59 on Tuesday 17 December 2019. A 56-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot Boxer lorry was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Dec 2019
Tuesday, 13:59
Vehicles
2
Peugeot Boxer and Audi S4
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83917, longitude -0.22608, in the BN42 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwick. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Portslade, Brighton and Hove, BN41 1SQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Adur

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019470910697
Council area
Adur
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
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
270

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 August 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot Boxer

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Audi S4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    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
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    2,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Peugeot Boxer)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2019470910697 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Adur road accident statistics for 2019.