A23 crash in Mid Sussex on 1 February 2011 at 15:12 involving a Suzuki Baleno
A Suzuki Baleno crashed on the A23 in Mid Sussex at 15:12 on Tuesday 1 February 2011. The 21-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Feb 2011
- Tuesday, 15:12
- Vehicles
- 1
- Suzuki Baleno
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.98992, longitude -0.19838, in the RH17 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cuckfield, Bolney & Ansty, Mid Sussex, RH17 5RA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Mid Sussex
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011471100767
- 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
- 23
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 272
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 21 January 1995.
Slight
Daihatsu Charade crash on the A23 in Mid Sussex, 21 January 1995
1 m awayRef 199547HA50041
Slight
Saab 900 crash on the A23 in Mid Sussex, 23 November 2002
1 m awayRef 200247K157261
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A23 in Mid Sussex, 13 February 2016
3 m awayRef 2016471600888
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A23 in Mid Sussex, 24 October 2017
8 m awayRef 2017471706027
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A23 in Mid Sussex, 28 October 2012
10 m awayRef 2012471205766
Serious
Citroen Saxo crash on the A23 in Mid Sussex, 16 October 2002
10 m awayRef 200247K155886
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Baleno
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Baleno)
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 2011471100767 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 2011.