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Serious unclassified road crash in Mid Sussex RH15 on 11 February 2012 at 18:47 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa, a Ford Fiesta and a Mazda 3 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Mid Sussex at 18:47 on Saturday 11 February 2012. The 75-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was seriously injured and the 21-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 20-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Feb 2012
Saturday, 18:47
Vehicles
3
Vauxhall Corsa and 2 others
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.95504, longitude -0.12542, in the RH15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Burgess Hill. It is one of the crashes that make up the Burgess Hill Meeds & Hammonds, Mid Sussex, RH15 9BU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Sussex

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012471200765
Council area
Mid Sussex
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Slip road
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
97%
Estimated chance it was slight
3%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 January 2024.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    75 years
    Engine capacity
    1,199 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 3: Mazda 3

    Car

    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
    Engine capacity
    1,349 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

    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 2012471200765 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 2012.