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Serious A259 crash in Chichester on 1 June 2023 at 21:33 involving a Toyota Celica

A Toyota Celica and a Honda CBR motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A259 in Chichester at 21:33 on Thursday 1 June 2023. The 22-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR motorcycle was seriously injured and a 19-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Celica and the 20-year-old male driver of the Toyota Celica were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 50 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Jun 2023
Thursday, 21:33
Vehicles
2
Toyota Celica and Honda CBR
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8343, longitude -0.79774, in the PO19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Fishbourne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chichester Central, Chichester, PO19 8GS area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2023471313986
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
Slip road
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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

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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 May 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Celica

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    25 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Honda CBR

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda CBR)

    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Celica)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Celica)

    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2023471313986 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 2023.