B2139 crash in Horsham on 4 November 2000 at 10:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A car and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the B2139 in Horsham at 10:30 on Saturday 4 November 2000. The 32-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra and a 31-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Nov 2000
- Saturday, 10:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.90839, longitude -0.50722, in the RH20 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200047N128671
- Council area
- Horsham
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2139
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, 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 6 September 2002.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B2139 in Horsham, 6 September 2002
At the same spotRef 200247K154236
Slight
Suzuki Alto crash on the B2139 in Horsham, 2 December 2024
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Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the B2139 in Horsham, 17 October 2025
5 m awayRef 2025471655657
Slight
Kia Ceed crash on an unclassified road in Horsham, 31 May 2023
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Slight
Nissan Note crash on the B2139 in Horsham, 17 May 2021
7 m awayRef 2021471046160
Serious
Suzuki Vitara crash on the B2139 in Horsham, 29 March 2024
8 m awayRef 2024471426581
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 200047N128671 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.