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Unclassified road crash in Crawley RH10 on 20 September 2012 at 17:10 involving a Vauxhall Vectra taxi

A Vauxhall Vectra taxi hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in Crawley at 17:10 on Thursday 20 September 2012. A 29-year-old female pedestrian and a 5-year-old female pedestrian 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
20 Sep 2012
Thursday, 17:10
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Vectra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.09994, longitude -0.18912, in the RH10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crawley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tilgate, Crawley, RH10 5AE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Crawley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012471204946
Council area
Crawley
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
No
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
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, 45 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 June 2019.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    Lay-by or hard shoulder
    Position at junction
    Entering from slip road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,910 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 5, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)

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 2012471204946 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.