A23 crash in Crawley on 14 June 2013 at 14:30 involving a Toyota Corolla
A Toyota Corolla and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A23 in Crawley at 14:30 on Friday 14 June 2013. The 19-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio, an 18-year-old male passenger in the Renault Clio and a 16-year-old male passenger in the Renault Clio were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 50 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Jun 2013
- Friday, 14:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Corolla and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.10705, longitude -0.20436, in the RH11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crawley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Southgate, Crawley, RH11 8SB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Crawley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013471303040
- Council area
- Crawley
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 23
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 2220
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 November 1995.
Slight
Ford Capri crash on the A23 in Crawley, 5 November 1995
6 m awayRef 199547NA50635
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A23 in Crawley, 29 September 2001
6 m awayRef 200147N142423
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A23 in Crawley, 14 October 2001
7 m awayRef 200147N142684
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A23 in Crawley, 23 November 2003
7 m awayRef 200347K169643
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the A23 in Crawley, 21 October 1999
7 m awayRef 199947N003847
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A23 in Crawley, 31 December 1997
7 m awayRef 199747NA70931
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2013471303040 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 2013.