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M23 crash in Crawley on 5 September 2004 at 18:45 involving a Honda Concerto

A Honda Concerto and a Citroen C5 were involved in a crash on the M23 in Crawley at 18:45 on Sunday 5 September 2004. The 57-year-old male driver of the Citroen C5 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Sep 2004
Sunday, 18:45
Vehicles
2
Honda Concerto and Citroen C5
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.15834, longitude -0.13406, in the RH6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pound Hill North & Forge Wood, Crawley, RH6 9ST area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Crawley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200447K178745
Council area
Crawley
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
23
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 October 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Concerto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,590 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen C5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C5)

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 200447K178745 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 2004.