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Serious A281 crash in Horsham on 16 March 1991 at 11:10 involving an Austin Allegro

An Austin Allegro crashed on the A281 in Horsham at 11:10 on Saturday 16 March 1991. The 81-year-old female driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Mar 1991
Saturday, 11:10
Vehicles
1
Austin Allegro
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.92823, longitude -0.27195, in the BN5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Henfield.

Map of where the crash happened in Horsham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199147XA10120
Council area
Horsham
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
281
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
2037

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 slight injury crash on 29 September 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Allegro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    81 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Allegro)

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 199147XA10120 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.