Serious B2140 crash in Arun on 23 December 2023 at 19:40 involving a Skoda Citigo
A Skoda Citigo and a Jaguar XK Series were involved in a crash on the B2140 in Arun at 19:40 on Saturday 23 December 2023. A 96-year-old female passenger in the Skoda Citigo was seriously injured and the 83-year-old male driver of the Skoda Citigo was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 23 Dec 2023
- Saturday, 19:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Citigo and Jaguar XK Series
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.80657, longitude -0.51157, in the BN16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rustington.
Map of where the crash happened in Arun
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023471391887
- Council area
- Arun
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2140
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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 with high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Very 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, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 September 2010.
Slight
Hyundai Coupe crash on the B2140 in Arun, 14 September 2010
15 m awayRef 2010471006080
Slight
Vanden Plas 1500 crash on the B2140 in Arun, 16 March 1990
55 m awayRef 199047YA00165
Serious
Renault 5 crash on the B2140 in Arun, 6 April 1996
66 m awayRef 199647YA60237
Slight
Mercedes Gle Class crash on the B2140 in Arun, 28 May 2023
71 m awayRef 2023471312978
Serious
Audi A4 crash on the B2140 in Arun, 28 June 2025
76 m awayRef 2025471611979
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on an unclassified road in Arun, 31 January 1998
105 m awayRef 199847XA80063
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Citigo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 83 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Jaguar XK Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 5,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 96, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Citigo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Citigo)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2023471391887 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Arun road accident statistics for 2023.