B2145 crash in Chichester on 9 July 2021 at 23:30 involving a Mercedes Sprinter van
A Mercedes Sprinter van crashed on the B2145 in Chichester at 23:30 on Friday 9 July 2021. The 32-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Jul 2021
- Friday, 23:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Mercedes Sprinter
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.77893, longitude -0.78901, in the PO20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Street End. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sidlesham with Selsey North, Chichester, PO20 7QX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Chichester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021471068141
- 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
- 2145
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 June 2020.
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the B2145 in Chichester, 11 June 2020
3 m awayRef 2020470956813
Fatal
Honda Civic crash on the B2145 in Chichester, 19 January 1994
15 m awayRef 199447YA40039
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on the B2145 in Chichester, 11 November 2004
17 m awayRef 200447K180652
Slight
Vauxhall Omega crash on the B2145 in Chichester, 2 May 2011
39 m awayRef 2011471102983
Slight
Vauxhall Grandland crash on the B2145 in Chichester, 26 May 2023
45 m awayRef 2023471311895
Slight
Vauxhall Rascal crash on the B2145 in Chichester, 23 March 1995
78 m awayRef 199547YA50166
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,148 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes Sprinter)
- 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 2021471068141 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.