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A272 crash in Horsham on 8 December 2013 at 08:48 involving a Rover 75

A Rover 75 and a car were involved in a crash on the A272 in Horsham at 08:48 on Sunday 8 December 2013. The 77-year-old male driver of the Rover 75 and the 46-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Dec 2013
Sunday, 08:48
Vehicles
2
Rover 75 and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.00398, longitude -0.42732, in the RH14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Horsham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2013471306844
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
272
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 September 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 75

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    77 years
    Engine capacity
    2,497 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 75)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 2013471306844 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.