B2139 crash in Horsham on 19 March 2005 at 17:40 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier
A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Toyota Carina were involved in a crash on the B2139 in Horsham at 17:40 on Saturday 19 March 2005. The 55-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier and the 44-year-old male driver of the Toyota Carina were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Mar 2005
- Saturday, 17:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Cavalier and Toyota Carina
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94112, longitude -0.43145, in the RH20 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Horsham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005470501906
- Council area
- Horsham
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2139
- 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
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 November 1998.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in Horsham, 4 November 1998
10 m awayRef 199847N001766
Slight
Car crash on the B2139 in Horsham, 10 December 1987
14 m awayRef 198747NA70692
Serious
Ford Puma crash on the B2139 in Horsham, 13 September 2018
15 m awayRef 2018471805090
Serious
Car crash on the B2139 in Horsham, 19 December 1985
28 m awayRef 198547MA50313
Slight
Car crash on the B2139 in Horsham, 27 February 1985
36 m awayRef 198547MA50047
Slight
Car crash on the B2139 in Horsham, 24 May 1980
50 m awayRef 198047XA00330
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Carina
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,762 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Carina)
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 2005470501906 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 2005.