Serious A259 crash in Chichester on 3 October 2024 at 11:10 involving a Nissan X-Trail
A Nissan X-Trail and a John Deere 6000 Series agricultural vehicle were involved in a crash on the A259 in Chichester at 11:10 on Thursday 3 October 2024. The 37-year-old female driver of the Nissan X-Trail was seriously injured and a 10-year-old female passenger in the Nissan X-Trail and the 68-year-old male driver of the John Deere 6000 Series agricultural vehicle were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 3 Oct 2024
- Thursday, 11:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan X-Trail and John Deere 6000 Series
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84362, longitude -0.88991, in the PO18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hambrook and Nutbourne.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024471499578
- 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
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 August 1987.
Slight
Car crash on the A27 in Chichester, 21 August 1987
15 m awayRef 198747YA70430
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A259 in Chichester, 2 January 1992
16 m awayRef 199247YA20004
Slight
Vauxhall Calibra crash on the A259 in Horsham, 25 June 2004
36 m awayRef 200447K176330
Slight
Car crash on the A27 in Chichester, 9 March 1986
53 m awayRef 198647YA60112
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A27 in Chichester, 26 February 1986
58 m awayRef 198647YA60095
Serious
Car crash on the A27 in Chichester, 2 October 1985
107 m awayRef 198547YA50527
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan X-Trail
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: John Deere 6000 Series
Agricultural vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,524 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan X-Trail)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan X-Trail)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 68, agricultural vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (John Deere 6000 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 km
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 2024471499578 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 2024.