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Unclassified road crash in Horsham BN44 on 12 December 2001 at 07:24 involving a Rover

A Rover crashed on an unclassified road in Horsham at 07:24 on Wednesday 12 December 2001. The 26-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Dec 2001
Wednesday, 07:24
Vehicles
1
Rover
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.91596, longitude -0.37411, in the BN44 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the West Chiltington, Thakeham & Ashington, Horsham, BN44 3DE area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200147N145121
Council area
Horsham
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 January 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover)

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 200147N145121 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 2001.