A259 crash in Chichester on 19 February 2022 at 19:08 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A259 in Chichester at 19:08 on Saturday 19 February 2022. The 28-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Feb 2022
- Saturday, 19:08
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83617, longitude -0.81778, in the PO18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Fishbourne.
Map of where the crash happened in Chichester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022471145259
- 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
- 259
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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, 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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 March 2014.
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A259 in Chichester, 18 March 2014
20 m awayRef 2014471401499
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A27 in Chichester, 29 November 1983
25 m awayRef 198347YA30667
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A259 in Chichester, 25 March 2006
35 m awayRef 2006470602470
Slight
Lorry crash on the A27 in Chichester, 23 September 1987
55 m awayRef 198747YA70525
Slight
Lorry crash on the A27 in Chichester, 11 May 1987
55 m awayRef 198747YA70227
Slight
Car crash on the A27 in Chichester, 9 September 1984
65 m awayRef 198447YA40530
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2022471145259 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 2022.