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Serious unclassified road crash in Horsham RH20 on 31 October 1992 at 13:00 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Horsham at 13:00 on Saturday 31 October 1992. The 74-year-old female driver and a 65-year-old female pedestrian were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Oct 1992
Saturday, 13:00
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.92348, longitude -0.46634, in the RH20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Storrington.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199247NA20591
Council area
Horsham
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 151 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 December 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    74 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 65, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

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 199247NA20591 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 1992.