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Serious A24 crash in Horsham on 22 December 1997 at 17:38 involving a Volvo lorry

A Volvo lorry and a Ford Transit lorry were involved in a crash on the A24 in Horsham at 17:38 on Monday 22 December 1997. The 38-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit lorry, a 34-year-old male passenger in the Ford Transit lorry and a 42-year-old male passenger in the Ford Transit lorry were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Dec 1997
Monday, 17:38
Vehicles
2
Volvo and Ford Transit
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.97997, longitude -0.34225, in the RH13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Horsham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199747NA70906
Council area
Horsham
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
24
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
B
Second road number
2135

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 1 June 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 38, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 42, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

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 199747NA70906 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.