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A23 crash in Crawley on 15 October 1992 at 23:28 involving a Fiat 127

A Fiat 127 and a Nissan Bluebird were involved in a crash on the A23 in Crawley at 23:28 on Thursday 15 October 1992. The 17-year-old female driver of the Fiat 127 and the 36-year-old male driver of the Nissan Bluebird were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Oct 1992
Thursday, 23:28
Vehicles
2
Fiat 127 and Nissan Bluebird
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.1308, longitude -0.18622, in the RH10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crawley.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199247NA20558
Council area
Crawley
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 June 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat 127

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,049 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Bluebird

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat 127)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Bluebird)

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 199247NA20558 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.