Serious A286 crash in Chichester on 4 September 2023 at 11:34 involving a Citroen C4
A Citroen C4 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A286 in Chichester at 11:34 on Monday 4 September 2023. The 71-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 4 Sep 2023
- Monday, 11:34
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen C4 and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83687, longitude -0.78434, in the PO19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chichester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chichester Central, Chichester, PO19 1YA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023471348849
- 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
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 286
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 September 2004.
Slight
Volvo crash on the A286 in Chichester, 30 September 2004
2 m awayRef 200447K179234
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A286 in Chichester, 27 November 1999
2 m awayRef 199947Y002847
Slight
Seat Toledo crash on the A286 in Chichester, 21 November 2005
8 m awayRef 2005470509889
Slight
Audi A4 crash on an unclassified road in Chichester, 7 April 2010
8 m awayRef 2010471002201
Slight
Austin Allegro crash on the A286 in Chichester, 15 May 1995
8 m awayRef 199547YA50296
Serious
Skoda Citigo crash on the A286 in Chichester, 6 October 2025
10 m awayRef 2025471651198
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 71 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousFemale, aged 71, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most 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 2023471348849 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.