M23 crash in Crawley on 2 February 2015 at 11:10 involving a Renault Clio
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Feb 2015
- Monday, 11:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Mercedes E Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.1589, longitude -0.13602, in the RH6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pound Hill North & Forge Wood, Crawley, RH6 9ST area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015471500712
- Council area
- Crawley
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 23
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Motorway
- Second road number
- 23
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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 December 2019.
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the M23 in Crawley, 5 December 2019
8 m awayRef 2019470907185
Serious
Rover Mini crash on the M23 in Crawley, 24 March 2003
9 m awayRef 200347K161215
Slight
Fiat Multipla crash on the M23 in Crawley, 30 December 2012
12 m awayRef 2012471206964
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the M23 in Reigate and Banstead, 10 November 1991
14 m awayRef 199145ER00486
Slight
Van crash on the M23 in Tandridge, 26 July 1989
15 m awayRef 198945ER00338
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the M23 in Crawley, 30 May 2003
15 m awayRef 200347K163393
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes E Class)
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 2015471500712 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 2015.