A23 crash in Mid Sussex on 4 February 1991 at 13:15 involving an Audi Coupe
An Audi Coupe crashed on the A23 in Mid Sussex at 13:15 on Monday 4 February 1991. The 45-year-old female driver 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
- 4 Feb 1991
- Monday, 13:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Audi Coupe
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.05344, longitude -0.20223, in the RH17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Handcross.
Map of where the crash happened in Mid Sussex
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199147HA10058
- Council area
- Mid Sussex
- Police force
- Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 23
- 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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 June 1986.
Serious
Lorry crash on the A23 in Mid Sussex, 30 June 1986
10 m awayRef 198647HA60281
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A23 in Mid Sussex, 9 August 2021
11 m awayRef 2021471075076
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A23 in Mid Sussex, 28 April 2003
14 m awayRef 200347K162254
Slight
Ford Transit Connect crash on the A23 in Mid Sussex, 15 September 2014
22 m awayRef 2014471405308
Serious
Van crash on the A23 in Mid Sussex, 26 August 1982
22 m awayRef 198247NA20635
Slight
Lorry crash on the A23 in Mid Sussex, 5 April 1988
30 m awayRef 198847HA80232
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Audi Coupe
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Lane or location
- Not on carriageway
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,144 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi Coupe)
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 199147HA10058 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Sussex road accident statistics for 1991.