Skip to main content
CrashStats

M23 crash in Crawley on 21 March 1992 at 11:25 involving a Nissan Bluebird

A Nissan Bluebird and a Toyota Supra were involved in a crash on the M23 in Crawley at 11:25 on Saturday 21 March 1992. The 18-year-old male driver of the Nissan Bluebird and the 34-year-old female driver of the Toyota Supra were 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
21 Mar 1992
Saturday, 11:25
Vehicles
2
Nissan Bluebird and Toyota Supra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.08831, longitude -0.18874, in the RH11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Crawley

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199247HA20128
Council area
Crawley
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
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, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 September 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Bluebird

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Supra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    2,954 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Bluebird)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Supra)

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 199247HA20128 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Crawley road accident statistics for 1992.