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A283 crash in Horsham on 29 January 2006 at 12:45 involving a Volvo 480

A Volvo 480 and a Mercedes 300 were involved in a crash on the A283 in Horsham at 12:45 on Sunday 29 January 2006. A 25-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes 300, a 2-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes 300 and the 32-year-old male driver of the Mercedes 300 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Jan 2006
Sunday, 12:45
Vehicles
2
Volvo 480 and Mercedes 300
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.91765, longitude -0.45187, in the RH20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Storrington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Storrington & Washington, Horsham, RH20 4TB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Horsham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2006470601090
Council area
Horsham
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
283
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
2139

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 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 480

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes 300

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    2,960 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes 300)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes 300)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes 300)

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 2006470601090 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 2006.