Unclassified road crash in Horsham RH20 on 18 August 2012 at 12:00 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Horsham at 12:00 on Saturday 18 August 2012. A 68-year-old female passenger in the Renault Clio, the 62-year-old female driver of the Rover 200 Series and an 83-year-old female passenger in the Rover 200 Series 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
- 18 Aug 2012
- Saturday, 12:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Rover 200 Series
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94212, longitude -0.46614, in the RH20 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Horsham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012471204307
- Council area
- Horsham
- 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
- Rural
- 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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 February 1989.
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Horsham, 18 February 1989
20 m awayRef 198947NA90133
Slight
Van crash on a C road in Horsham, 19 December 1997
41 m awayRef 199747NA70901
Slight
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Horsham, 23 October 1985
117 m awayRef 198547YA50604
Slight
Peugeot Speedfight crash on an unclassified road in Horsham, 21 October 2022
156 m awayRef 2022471236438
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Horsham, 20 October 1985
163 m awayRef 198547YA50603
Serious
Volvo 340 crash on an unclassified road in Horsham, 5 May 1994
211 m awayRef 199447NA40217
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,589 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)
- 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 2012471204307 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 2012.