Unclassified road crash in Arun BN17 on 16 December 2024 at 01:50 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Skoda Superb were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Arun at 01:50 on Monday 16 December 2024. The 35-year-old male driver of the Skoda Superb was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Dec 2024
- Monday, 01:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Skoda Superb
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82478, longitude -0.5317, in the BN17 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Arun
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024471530552
- Council area
- Arun
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- 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
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 99 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 February 2018.
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Arun, 26 February 2018
99 m awayRef 2018471801170
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Arun, 12 November 1996
156 m awayRef 199647YA60828
Slight
Volvo V70 crash on an unclassified road in Arun, 10 July 2017
185 m awayRef 2017471703817
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on an unclassified road in Arun, 18 December 2013
201 m awayRef 2013471306885
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Arun, 14 November 2016
202 m awayRef 2016471606862
Serious
Peugeot 208 crash on an unclassified road in Arun, 21 February 2023
223 m awayRef 2023471279581
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,362 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Skoda Superb
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- 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
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Superb)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 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 2024471530552 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 2024.