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Serious A22 crash in Mid Sussex on 12 January 1996 at 18:50 involving a Skoda Felicia

A Skoda Felicia and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the A22 in Mid Sussex at 18:50 on Friday 12 January 1996. The 65-year-old female driver of the Skoda Felicia and the 62-year-old female driver of the Honda Civic were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Jan 1996
Friday, 18:50
Vehicles
2
Skoda Felicia and Honda Civic
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.10871, longitude 0.02564, in the RH19 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Sussex

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199647HA60007
Council area
Mid Sussex
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
22
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Dark, no street lighting
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 2 July 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Felicia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    1,289 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Honda Civic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    1,493 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Felicia)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)

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 199647HA60007 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Sussex road accident statistics for 1996.