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Fatal A272 crash in Horsham on 2 October 2006 at 16:56 involving a Nissan Cabstar van

A Nissan Cabstar van crashed on the A272 in Horsham at 16:56 on Monday 2 October 2006. A 64-year-old male passenger was killed and the 50-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
2 Oct 2006
Monday, 16:56
Vehicles
1
Nissan Cabstar
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.99237, longitude -0.30204, in the RH13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Horsham

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2006470608255
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
272
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 February 2022.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Cabstar

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    2,494 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Cabstar)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 64, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Cabstar)

    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 2006470608255 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.