B2198 crash in Chichester on 11 February 2019 at 18:30 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the B2198 in Chichester at 18:30 on Monday 11 February 2019. The 76-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Feb 2019
- Monday, 18:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.77038, longitude -0.85343, in the PO20 postcode district and within the built-up area of East Wittering.
Map of where the crash happened in Chichester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019471900829
- 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
- 2198
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, 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, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 June 2016.
Serious
Yamaha XJ6 crash on the B2198 in Chichester, 15 June 2016
3 m awayRef 2016471603584
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the B2198 in Chichester, 2 September 2002
9 m awayRef 200247K154412
Slight
Car crash on the B2198 in Chichester, 21 February 1981
44 m awayRef 198147YA10101
Slight
Austin Ambassador crash on the B2198 in Chichester, 22 September 1991
67 m awayRef 199147YA10641
Serious
Car crash on the B2198 in Chichester, 26 February 1988
80 m awayRef 198847YA80102
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the B2198 in Chichester, 4 November 2014
88 m awayRef 2014471406499
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 76 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2019471900829 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.