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M23 crash in Crawley on 6 December 2000 at 18:24 involving a Mitsubishi 3000

A Mitsubishi 3000 and a Ford Galaxy were involved in a crash on the M23 in Crawley at 18:24 on Wednesday 6 December 2000. The 63-year-old male driver of the Mitsubishi 3000 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Dec 2000
Wednesday, 18:24
Vehicles
2
Mitsubishi 3000 and Ford Galaxy
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.08803, longitude -0.19258, in the RH11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Crawley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200047N130683
Council area
Crawley
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
23
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
23

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 June 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi 3000

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years
    Engine capacity
    2,972 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Galaxy

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi 3000)

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 200047N130683 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Crawley road accident statistics for 2000.