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A24 crash in Horsham on 24 September 2004 at 15:20 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Citroen Xsara were involved in a crash on the A24 in Horsham at 15:20 on Friday 24 September 2004. The 74-year-old male driver of the Citroen Xsara and a 69-year-old female passenger in the Citroen Xsara were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Sep 2004
Friday, 15:20
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Citroen Xsara
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.99139, longitude -0.34055, in the RH13 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cowfold, Shermanbury & West Grinstead, Horsham, RH13 8GH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Horsham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200447K179073
Council area
Horsham
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
24
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
272

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 29 September 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen Xsara

    Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xsara)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xsara)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 200447K179073 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 2004.