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Serious unclassified road crash in Horsham RH20 on 5 May 1994 at 09:45 involving a Volvo 340

A Volvo 340 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Horsham at 09:45 on Thursday 5 May 1994. The 56-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 May 1994
Thursday, 09:45
Vehicles
2
Volvo 340 and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94378, longitude -0.46454, in the RH20 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Chiltington.

Map of where the crash happened in Horsham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199447NA40217
Council area
Horsham
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 166 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 October 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 340

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    56 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Female, aged 56, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 199447NA40217 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 1994.