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A273 crash in Mid Sussex on 21 January 2013 at 07:37 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa and a Land Rover Discovery were involved in a crash on the A273 in Mid Sussex at 07:37 on Monday 21 January 2013. The 49-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and the 48-year-old female driver of the Land Rover Discovery were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on a single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Jan 2013
Monday, 07:37
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Corsa and Land Rover Discovery
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.99674, longitude -0.12183, in the RH16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cuckfield, Bolney & Ansty, Mid Sussex, RH16 4BS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Sussex

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2013471300367
Council area
Mid Sussex
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
273
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 December 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,364 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Land Rover Discovery

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    2,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Discovery)

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 2013471300367 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 2013.