Unclassified road crash in Horsham RH13 on 14 February 2002 at 18:42 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra crashed on an unclassified road in Horsham at 18:42 on Thursday 14 February 2002. The 44-year-old female driver and a 1-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Feb 2002
- Thursday, 18:42
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.03547, longitude -0.34168, in the RH13 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200247N147356
- 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
- 30 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 58 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 April 1999.
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on an unclassified road in Horsham, 16 April 1999
58 m awayRef 199947N002844
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on a C road in Horsham, 24 August 1995
104 m awayRef 199547NA50546
Serious
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A24 in Horsham, 30 August 2013
109 m awayRef 2013471304557
Slight
Citroen 2CV crash on the A24 in Horsham, 8 June 1994
122 m awayRef 199447NA40300
Serious
Nissan Micra crash on the A24 in Horsham, 19 December 2016
126 m awayRef 2016471607679
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A24 in Horsham, 24 October 1985
132 m awayRef 198547NA50522
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 200247N147356 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 2002.