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A264 crash in Horsham on 22 December 1979 at 05:00 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A264 in Horsham at 05:00 on Saturday 22 December 1979. The 29-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 24-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Dec 1979
Saturday, 05:00
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.06737, longitude -0.31658, in the RH13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Horsham.

Map of where the crash happened in Horsham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197947NA91075
Council area
Horsham
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
264
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 March 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 197947NA91075 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Horsham road accident statistics for 1979.