B2180 crash in Horsham on 29 March 2000 at 16:00 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the B2180 in Horsham at 16:00 on Wednesday 29 March 2000. A 9-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Vectra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Mar 2000
- Wednesday, 16:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.06956, longitude -0.32277, in the RH12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Horsham.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200047N009591
- Council area
- Horsham
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2180
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 June 1998.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B2180 in Horsham, 9 June 1998
10 m awayRef 199847N000315
Slight
Volkswagen Scirocco crash on the B2180 in Horsham, 22 February 1995
10 m awayRef 199547NA50121
Slight
Car crash on the B2180 in Horsham, 30 November 1989
10 m awayRef 198947NA90717
Slight
Car crash on the B2180 in Horsham, 23 September 2022
13 m awayRef 2022471222440
Serious
Toyota Aygo crash on the B2180 in Horsham, 7 September 2020
13 m awayRef 2020470978768
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the B2180 in Horsham, 27 January 2003
14 m awayRef 200347K159415
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,595 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 200047N009591 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 2000.