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A29 crash in Horsham on 12 July 1980 at 09:10 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A29 in Horsham at 09:10 on Saturday 12 July 1980. A 42-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Jul 1980
Saturday, 09:10
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.08923, longitude -0.38661, in the RH12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Horsham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198047NA00517
Council area
Horsham
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
29
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
281

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 January 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    60 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 198047NA00517 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 1980.