Serious A259 crash in Arun on 25 November 2020 at 17:22 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a Nissan Qashqai were involved in a crash on the A259 in Arun at 17:22 on Wednesday 25 November 2020. The 41-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf was seriously injured and the 36-year-old male driver of the Nissan Qashqai was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 50 mph limit.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 25 Nov 2020
- Wednesday, 17:22
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Nissan Qashqai
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81914, longitude -0.50091, in the BN16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rustington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rustington West, Arun, BN16 3HD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020471001674
- Council area
- Arun
- 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
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 2187
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 September 2024.
Slight
Honda CBR crash on the A259 in Arun, 17 September 2024
3 m awayRef 2024471493045
Serious
Citroen ZX crash on the A259 in Arun, 12 January 1993
4 m awayRef 199347YA30021
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A259 in Arun, 9 April 2004
4 m awayRef 200447K173846
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A259 in Arun, 12 May 1993
4 m awayRef 199347YA30264
Slight
Kawasaki ZX550 crash on the A259 in Arun, 1 September 1991
6 m awayRef 199147YA10594
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A259 in Arun, 22 February 2013
7 m awayRef 2013471301008
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Qashqai)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2020471001674 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Arun road accident statistics for 2020.