A259 crash in Arun on 21 June 2025 at 07:55 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a Vauxhall Combo van were involved in a crash on the A259 in Arun at 07:55 on Saturday 21 June 2025. The 58-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Combo van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jun 2025
- Saturday, 07:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and Vauxhall Combo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82037, longitude -0.52786, in the BN17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Littlehampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brookfield, Arun, BN17 6XQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Arun
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025471605805
- Council area
- Arun
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 259
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
- 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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 October 2003.
Slight
Toyota MR2 crash on the A259 in Arun, 31 October 2003
8 m awayRef 200347K168410
Slight
Vauxhall Meriva crash on the A259 in Arun, 18 January 2020
15 m awayRef 2020470920653
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the A259 in Arun, 2 March 2008
16 m awayRef 2008470801775
Fatal
Kawasaki ZX900 crash on the A259 in Arun, 26 April 2003
16 m awayRef 200347K162213
Slight
Honda C90E crash on the A259 in Arun, 19 October 1994
17 m awayRef 199447YA40688
Slight
Vauxhall Astravan crash on the A259 in Arun, 9 June 1993
17 m awayRef 199347YA30325
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Straight ahead at junction
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Combo
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Straight ahead at junction
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 58, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Combo)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 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 2025471605805 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 2025.