Unclassified road crash in Horsham RH20 on 19 December 2001 at 14:10 involving a Citroen BX
A Citroen BX hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Horsham at 14:10 on Wednesday 19 December 2001. A 55-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Dec 2001
- Wednesday, 14:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Citroen BX
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.92073, longitude -0.46756, in the RH20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Storrington & Washington, Horsham, RH20 4HJ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200147N145697
- Council area
- Horsham
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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
- 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
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 81 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 March 1986.
Serious
Car crash on the A283 in Horsham, 18 March 1986
81 m awayRef 198647MA60070
Slight
Van crash on the A283 in Horsham, 19 December 1984
86 m awayRef 198447MA40314
Slight
Van crash on the A283 in Horsham, 7 September 2021
92 m awayRef 2021471084725
Slight
Car crash on the A283 in Horsham, 19 June 1986
92 m awayRef 198647MA60155
Serious
Car crash on the A283 in Horsham, 23 December 1983
94 m awayRef 198347MA30115
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the A283 in Horsham, 5 February 2004
94 m awayRef 200447K172230
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Citroen BX
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,580 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 55, hit by vehicle 1 (Citroen BX)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic
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 200147N145697 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.