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Serious A281 crash in Horsham on 12 March 1991 at 06:40 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a car were involved in a crash on the A281 in Horsham at 06:40 on Tuesday 12 March 1991. The 49-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf was seriously injured and the 26-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Mar 1991
Tuesday, 06:40
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and car
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.96264, longitude -0.28221, in the RH13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Horsham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199147NA10133
Council area
Horsham
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
281
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 August 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, 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 199147NA10133 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 1991.