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Fatal A281 crash in Horsham on 7 December 2008 at 00:30 involving a Renault Trafic van

A Renault Trafic van crashed on the A281 in Horsham at 00:30 on Sunday 7 December 2008. The 27-year-old male driver was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Fatal
Date
7 Dec 2008
Sunday, 00:30
Vehicles
1
Renault Trafic
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.06889, longitude -0.35162, in the RH12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Broadbridge Heath, Horsham, RH12 3NG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Horsham

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008470809447
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
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
A
Second road number
24

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 July 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Trafic

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 27, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Trafic)

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 2008470809447 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.