Unclassified road crash in Horsham BN5 on 23 February 2013 at 18:12 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Chrysler Crossfire were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Horsham at 18:12 on Saturday 23 February 2013. The 53-year-old male driver of the Chrysler Crossfire was slightly injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry road with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Feb 2013
- Saturday, 18:12
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Chrysler Crossfire
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.93699, longitude -0.27371, in the BN5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Henfield.
Map of where the crash happened in Horsham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013471301033
- Council area
- Horsham
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- Dark, lighting unknown
- 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, 91 metres away, was a fatal crash on 21 February 1997.
Fatal
Renault crash on an unclassified road in Horsham, 21 February 1997
91 m awayRef 199747NA70108
Slight
Ford crash on the A281 in Horsham, 19 August 2005
116 m awayRef 2005470506798
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A281 in Horsham, 4 May 2005
122 m awayRef 2005470503599
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A281 in Horsham, 23 June 2008
138 m awayRef 2008470804835
Slight
Car crash on the A281 in Horsham, 20 March 1988
145 m awayRef 198847XA80215
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A281 in Horsham, 6 February 1992
146 m awayRef 199247XA20066
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Chrysler Crossfire
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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Chrysler Crossfire)
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 2013471301033 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 2013.