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A283 crash in Horsham on 20 February 1996 at 08:25 involving a Mazda E2000 van

A Mazda E2000 van crashed on the A283 in Horsham at 08:25 on Tuesday 20 February 1996. A 30-year-old male passenger and the 31-year-old male driver were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Feb 1996
Tuesday, 08:25
Vehicles
1
Mazda E2000
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.93986, longitude -0.48815, in the RH20 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Horsham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199647NA60104
Council area
Horsham
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
283
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 May 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda E2000

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda E2000)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda E2000)

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 199647NA60104 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 1996.