B2180 crash in Horsham on 29 December 2000 at 10:45 involving an MCW bus
An MCW bus and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the B2180 in Horsham at 10:45 on Friday 29 December 2000. A 41-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier and an 11-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Dec 2000
- Friday, 10:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- MCW and Vauxhall Cavalier
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.0597, longitude -0.31856, in the RH13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Horsham.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200047N131845
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Snow
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 September 1999.
Slight
Volvo 340 crash on the B2180 in Horsham, 11 September 1999
22 m awayRef 199947N003643
Slight
Car crash on the B2195 in Horsham, 24 January 1989
30 m awayRef 198947NA90056
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A281 in Horsham, 2 April 2006
41 m awayRef 2006470602835
Serious
Suzuki crash on the A281 in Horsham, 17 October 1994
45 m awayRef 199447NA40577
Slight
Skoda Felicia crash on the A281 in Horsham, 12 February 2011
46 m awayRef 2011471100935
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A281 in Horsham, 7 December 1981
50 m awayRef 198147NA10925
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: MCW
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
- 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 200047N131845 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.