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A273 crash in Mid Sussex on 7 March 2008 at 10:06 involving a DAF Trucks FA 55LF lorry

A DAF Trucks FA 55LF lorry and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A273 in Mid Sussex at 10:06 on Friday 7 March 2008. The 36-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Mar 2008
Friday, 10:06
Vehicles
2
DAF Trucks FA 55LF and Ford Focus
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.92445, longitude -0.15297, in the BN6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hassocks, Mid Sussex, BN6 8JE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Sussex

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008470801933
Council area
Mid Sussex
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
273
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
2116

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 28 May 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks FA 55LF

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    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
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)

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 2008470801933 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Sussex road accident statistics for 2008.