A283 crash in Horsham on 25 May 2014 at 10:49 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Ford C-Max were involved in a crash on the A283 in Horsham at 10:49 on Sunday 25 May 2014. The 57-year-old male driver of the Ford C-Max and an 83-year-old female passenger in the Ford C-Max were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 May 2014
- Sunday, 10:49
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Ford C-Max
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.90917, longitude -0.40741, in the RH20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Storrington & Washington, Horsham, RH20 4TD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Horsham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014471402948
- 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
- 283
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 24
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 September 2025.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A283 in Horsham, 19 September 2025
2 m awayRef 2025471643868
Slight
Nissan Note crash on the A283 in Horsham, 31 October 2017
5 m awayRef 2017471706138
Slight
Ford Galaxy crash on the A283 in Horsham, 23 November 2007
6 m awayRef 2007470709838
Slight
Suzuki SJ crash on the A283 in Horsham, 7 August 2002
6 m awayRef 200247K153544
Slight
Toyota crash on the A24 in Horsham, 9 May 2001
6 m awayRef 200147N136739
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the A283 in Horsham, 24 March 2014
6 m awayRef 2014471401625
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Ford C-Max
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford C-Max)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford C-Max)
- 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 2014471402948 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.