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A283 crash in Horsham on 16 June 1991 at 01:30 involving an MG Metro

An MG Metro crashed on the A283 in Horsham at 01:30 on Sunday 16 June 1991. The 21-year-old female driver and a 19-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Jun 1991
Sunday, 01:30
Vehicles
1
MG Metro
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.91996, longitude -0.46504, in the RH20 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Horsham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199147NA10315
Council area
Horsham
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
283
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 July 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: MG Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG Metro)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG Metro)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199147NA10315 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.