A281 crash in Horsham on 14 June 2008 at 13:06 involving a Honda
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Jun 2008
- Saturday, 13:06
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.06806, longitude -0.35023, in the RH12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Horsham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Broadbridge Heath, Horsham, RH12 3NG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008470804605
- 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
- 281
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 April 2014.
Serious
Ford KA crash on the A281 in Horsham, 25 April 2014
7 m awayRef 2014471402233
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A281 in Horsham, 9 July 1982
10 m awayRef 198247NA20490
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A281 in Horsham, 26 February 2024
10 m awayRef 2024471414258
Slight
Honda C90E crash on the A281 in Horsham, 4 January 1990
14 m awayRef 199047NA00010
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A281 in Horsham, 8 October 1986
20 m awayRef 198647NA60495
Serious
Yamaha crash on the A281 in Horsham, 22 June 1990
22 m awayRef 199047NA00370
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,790 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 2008470804605 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 2008.