Unclassified road crash in Crawley RH11 on 21 April 2012 at 16:10 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Crawley at 16:10 on Saturday 21 April 2012. The 60-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo 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
- 21 Apr 2012
- Saturday, 16:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.09753, longitude -0.20778, in the RH11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crawley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Broadfield, Crawley, RH11 9AZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Crawley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012471202083
- Council area
- Crawley
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 August 1983.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Crawley, 2 August 1983
14 m awayRef 198347NA30547
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Crawley, 9 November 1988
22 m awayRef 198847NA80656
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Crawley, 15 May 1988
22 m awayRef 198847NA80295
Slight
Suzuki crash on a C road in Crawley, 23 August 1991
36 m awayRef 199147NA10439
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Crawley, 9 January 1986
41 m awayRef 198647NA60014
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on an unclassified road in Crawley, 9 May 1990
45 m awayRef 199047NA00269
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
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 2012471202083 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Crawley road accident statistics for 2012.