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C road crash in Horsham RH13 on 25 April 1997 at 15:20 involving a Ford Mondeo

A Ford Mondeo, an Austin Metro and a Vauxhall Omega were involved in a crash on a C road in Horsham at 15:20 on Friday 25 April 1997. The 39-year-old female driver of the Austin Metro was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Apr 1997
Friday, 15:20
Vehicles
3
Ford Mondeo and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.02328, longitude -0.35269, in the RH13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwater.

Map of where the crash happened in Horsham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199747NA70253
Council area
Horsham
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

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

Junction information

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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 November 1980.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Omega

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    2,498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

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 199747NA70253 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 1997.