Serious unclassified road crash in Chichester PO18 on 14 December 2021 at 11:30 involving a bicycle
Four bicycles were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Chichester at 11:30 on Tuesday 14 December 2021. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 14 Dec 2021
- Tuesday, 11:30
- Vehicles
- 4
- Bicycle and 3 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86449, longitude -0.83522, in the PO18 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Chichester
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021471121114
- Council area
- Chichester
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Oil or diesel
- Carriageway hazards
- Oil or diesel
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, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 June 1986.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B2178 in Chichester, 26 June 1986
17 m awayRef 198647YA60336
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B2178 in Chichester, 28 November 1985
18 m awayRef 198547YA50697
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B2178 in Chichester, 5 November 1983
23 m awayRef 198347YA30610
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B2178 in Chichester, 25 February 2005
27 m awayRef 2005470501286
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B2178 in Chichester, 19 December 2008
28 m awayRef 2008470809861
Serious
Suzuki GSX 1300 crash on the B2178 in Chichester, 1 April 2016
29 m awayRef 2016471601899
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 4: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 68, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 60, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 3: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 70, on vehicle 3 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 4: Cyclist
SlightFemale, aged 54, on vehicle 4 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2021471121114 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.