Unclassified road crash in Horsham BN44 on 14 April 2014 at 09:30 involving a Skoda Octavia
A Skoda Octavia and a Mercedes E Class were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Horsham at 09:30 on Monday 14 April 2014. The 40-year-old female driver of the Skoda Octavia was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Apr 2014
- Monday, 09:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Octavia and Mercedes E Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.91628, longitude -0.37422, in the BN44 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the West Chiltington, Thakeham & Ashington, Horsham, BN44 3DE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Horsham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014471402010
- Council area
- Horsham
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 October 2024.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Horsham, 15 October 2024
9 m awayRef 2024471503806
Serious
Car crash on a C road in Horsham, 29 January 1979
27 m awayRef 197947XA90059
Slight
Rover crash on an unclassified road in Horsham, 12 December 2001
36 m awayRef 200147N145121
Slight
Lorry crash on a C road in Horsham, 11 June 1981
49 m awayRef 198147XA10405
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on a C road in Horsham, 18 January 2002
49 m awayRef 200247N146337
Serious
Mercedes Sprinter crash on an unclassified road in Horsham, 8 November 2023
94 m awayRef 2023471372351
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Octavia)
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 2014471402010 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 2014.