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Serious unclassified road crash in Adur BN15 on 31 October 2023 at 21:20 involving a Peugeot 2008

A Peugeot 2008 and a Volkswagen T-Roc were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Adur at 21:20 on Tuesday 31 October 2023. The 23-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen T-Roc was seriously injured and a male passenger in the Volkswagen T-Roc was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Oct 2023
Tuesday, 21:20
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 2008 and Volkswagen T-Roc
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83751, longitude -0.3362, in the BN15 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cokeham, Adur, BN15 0DJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Adur

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2023471369841
Council area
Adur
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
27

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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 serious injury crash on 25 November 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 2008

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen T-Roc

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen T-Roc)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen T-Roc)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 2023471369841 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Adur road accident statistics for 2023.