A272 crash in Mid Sussex on 23 July 2011 at 17:45 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a Skoda Octavia were involved in a crash on the A272 in Mid Sussex at 17:45 on Saturday 23 July 2011. The 21-year-old male driver of the Audi A3 and a 74-year-old female passenger in the Skoda Octavia were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jul 2011
- Saturday, 17:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and Skoda Octavia
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.99947, longitude -0.11523, in the RH16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Haywards Heath. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cuckfield, Bolney & Ansty, Mid Sussex, RH16 4BS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Mid Sussex
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011471104536
- 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
- 272
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 January 2021.
Slight
Nissan crash on the B2272 in Mid Sussex, 27 January 2021
3 m awayRef 2021471024830
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A272 in Mid Sussex, 25 November 2014
8 m awayRef 2014471406930
Slight
Renault Scenic crash on the A272 in Mid Sussex, 10 March 2012
11 m awayRef 2012471201750
Slight
Suzuki Alto crash on the A272 in Mid Sussex, 2 March 2005
14 m awayRef 2005470501377
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the A272 in Mid Sussex, 2 May 2001
14 m awayRef 200147N136653
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A272 in Mid Sussex, 4 October 2004
19 m awayRef 200447K179341
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 78 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Octavia)
- 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 2011471104536 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.