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Fatal A279 crash in Horsham on 5 December 1980 at 16:45

A vehicle hit a pedestrian on the A279 in Horsham at 16:45 on Friday 5 December 1980. A 53-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
5 Dec 1980
Friday, 16:45
Vehicles
1
Other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.04215, longitude -0.23433, in the RH13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Horsham

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198047NA00952
Council area
Horsham
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
279
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 July 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 53, hit by vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

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 198047NA00952 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.