A281 crash in Horsham on 20 September 2014 at 20:28 involving a Jaguar XK Series
A Jaguar XK Series and a Honda CRV were involved in a crash on the A281 in Horsham at 20:28 on Saturday 20 September 2014. The 32-year-old male driver of the Honda CRV was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Sep 2014
- Saturday, 20:28
- Vehicles
- 2
- Jaguar XK Series and Honda CRV
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.06273, longitude -0.32511, in the RH12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Horsham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Denne, Horsham, RH12 1AF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Horsham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014471405411
- 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
- 281
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 March 2006.
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A281 in Horsham, 24 March 2006
4 m awayRef 2006470602490
Slight
Vauxhall Meriva crash on the A281 in Horsham, 29 July 2009
4 m awayRef 2009470905526
Serious
Mazda 626 crash on the A281 in Horsham, 9 November 1993
4 m awayRef 199347NA30586
Slight
Volvo 244 crash on the A281 in Horsham, 29 December 1994
4 m awayRef 199447NA40760
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Horsham, 4 March 2005
4 m awayRef 2005470502363
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the A281 in Horsham, 24 December 1993
4 m awayRef 199347NA30673
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Jaguar XK Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,196 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Honda CRV
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,204 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda CRV)
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 2014471405411 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.