Fatal A286 crash in Chichester on 26 October 2021 at 20:19 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
A Vauxhall Zafira and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A286 in Chichester at 20:19 on Tuesday 26 October 2021. The 26-year-old male cyclist was killed.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 26 Oct 2021
- Tuesday, 20:19
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Zafira and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79404, longitude -0.82797, in the PO20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Birdham.
Map of where the crash happened in Chichester
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021471102804
- 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
- 286
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 August 2000.
Slight
Volvo 740 crash on the A286 in Chichester, 17 August 2000
12 m awayRef 200047Y125683
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A286 in Chichester, 1 January 2005
12 m awayRef 2005470500144
Serious
Car crash on the A286 in Chichester, 5 May 1981
12 m awayRef 198147YA10259
Serious
Citroen C3 crash on the A286 in Chichester, 27 October 2011
35 m awayRef 2011471106755
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A286 in Chichester, 25 October 1984
40 m awayRef 198447YA40645
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A286 in Chichester, 22 October 1990
40 m awayRef 199047YA00828
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
FatalMale, aged 26, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2021471102804 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.