A272 crash in Chichester on 2 April 2021 at 12:02 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A272 in Chichester at 12:02 on Friday 2 April 2021. The 70-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Apr 2021
- Friday, 12:02
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.98714, longitude -0.74543, in the GU29 postcode district and within the built-up area of Midhurst. It is one of the crashes that make up the Midhurst, Chichester, GU29 9JW area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021471032484
- 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
- 272
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered 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, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 November 2001.
Slight
Bedford crash on the A272 in Chichester, 8 November 2001
13 m awayRef 200147Y143849
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A272 in Chichester, 18 May 1985
25 m awayRef 198547YA50224
Slight
Citroen C5 crash on an unclassified road in Chichester, 29 January 2002
51 m awayRef 200247Y147795
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A272 in Chichester, 9 October 2007
97 m awayRef 2007470708453
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A272 in Chichester, 16 September 1979
109 m awayRef 197947YA90481
Slight
Kawasaki crash on the A272 in Chichester, 8 July 2008
123 m awayRef 2008470805205
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 2021471032484 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 2021.