A286 crash in Chichester on 8 November 2021 at 18:10 involving a Mitsubishi Fuso Canter van
A Mitsubishi Fuso Canter van crashed on the A286 in Chichester at 18:10 on Monday 8 November 2021. The 64-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Nov 2021
- Monday, 18:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Mitsubishi Fuso Canter
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.98001, longitude -0.74047, 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
- 2021471107472
- 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
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 286
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
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 March 2016.
Slight
Suzuki GSF 600 crash on the A286 in Chichester, 25 March 2016
At the same spotRef 2016471601764
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A286 in Chichester, 15 September 2005
5 m awayRef 2005470507607
Slight
Fiat Tipo crash on the A286 in Chichester, 24 February 1999
9 m awayRef 199947Y001793
Slight
Honda Legend crash on the A286 in Chichester, 24 March 1997
15 m awayRef 199747YA70148
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A286 in Chichester, 19 January 1999
17 m awayRef 199947Y001612
Slight
Fiat Brava crash on the A286 in Chichester, 27 April 2010
17 m awayRef 2010471002728
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Fuso Canter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,977 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 64, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi Fuso Canter)
- 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 2021471107472 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.