A24 crash in Horsham on 14 November 2012 at 11:02 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the A24 in Horsham at 11:02 on Wednesday 14 November 2012. The 32-year-old male driver of the Nissan Micra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Nov 2012
- Wednesday, 11:02
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Nissan Micra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.1102, longitude -0.33487, in the RH12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Itchingfield, Slinfold & Warnham, Horsham, RH12 3SA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Horsham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012471206109
- Council area
- Horsham
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 24
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 2013.
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the A24 in Horsham, 22 December 2013
1 m awayRef 2013471306973
Slight
Fiat Panda crash on the A24 in Horsham, 12 March 2019
2 m awayRef 2019471901404
Slight
Car crash on the A24 in Horsham, 10 February 1986
10 m awayRef 198647NA60068
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A24 in Horsham, 9 September 1983
10 m awayRef 198347NA30642
Slight
Car crash on the A24 in Horsham, 15 April 1983
10 m awayRef 198347NA30236
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A24 in Horsham, 18 July 1993
10 m awayRef 199347NA30345
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,422 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
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 2012471206109 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.