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Serious A24 crash in Horsham on 1 June 1990 at 15:21 involving an MG Montego

An MG Montego crashed on the A24 in Horsham at 15:21 on Friday 1 June 1990. The 71-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Jun 1990
Friday, 15:21
Vehicles
1
MG Montego
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.88613, longitude -0.41042, in the RH20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Findon.

Map of where the crash happened in Horsham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199047NA00351
Council area
Horsham
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
24
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 March 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: MG Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Bus stop or bus shelter
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    71 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG Montego)

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 199047NA00351 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 1990.