A281 crash in Horsham on 3 October 2011 at 09:30 involving a Land Rover Range Rover
A Land Rover Range Rover and a Vauxhall Vivaro van were involved in a crash on the A281 in Horsham at 09:30 on Monday 3 October 2011. A 64-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Land Rover Range Rover was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Oct 2011
- Monday, 09:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Land Rover Range Rover and Vauxhall Vivaro
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.98709, longitude -0.27298, in the RH13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cowfold. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cowfold, Shermanbury & West Grinstead, Horsham, RH13 8QZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Horsham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011471106263
- 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
- Rural
- 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, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 December 2012.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A281 in Horsham, 11 December 2012
19 m awayRef 2012471206595
Slight
Peugeot 505 crash on the A281 in Horsham, 11 April 1999
23 m awayRef 199947N002926
Slight
Car crash on the A281 in Horsham, 29 March 1989
31 m awayRef 198947NA90185
Slight
Car crash on the A281 in Horsham, 16 February 1983
41 m awayRef 198347NA30113
Serious
Car crash on the A281 in Horsham, 24 January 1987
51 m awayRef 198747NA70019
Slight
Car crash on the A281 in Horsham, 18 June 1989
81 m awayRef 198947NA90365
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Range Rover
Car
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,926 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Lane or location
- Lay-by or hard shoulder
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 64, hit by vehicle 1 (Land Rover Range Rover)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
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 2011471106263 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 2011.