A23 crash in Crawley on 24 February 2015 at 09:31 involving a Renault Master van
A Renault Master van, a Peugeot 307 and a Land Rover Discovery were involved in a crash on the A23 in Crawley at 09:31 on Tuesday 24 February 2015. The 41-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 307 and a 39-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 307 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Feb 2015
- Tuesday, 09:31
- Vehicles
- 3
- Renault Master and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.10685, longitude -0.20417, in the RH11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crawley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Southgate, Crawley, RH11 8SB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Crawley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015471501112
- Council area
- Crawley
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 23
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- 2220
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 September 1994.
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the A23 in Crawley, 4 September 1994
4 m awayRef 199447NA40500
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A23 in Crawley, 2 September 2014
7 m awayRef 2014471406188
Slight
Volkswagen CC crash on the A23 in Crawley, 22 January 2022
8 m awayRef 2022471139180
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A23 in Crawley, 29 April 2001
10 m awayRef 200147N136634
Slight
Mercedes 400 crash on the A23 in Crawley, 4 November 2001
10 m awayRef 200147N143784
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the A23 in Crawley, 15 November 1997
10 m awayRef 199747NA70776
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Renault Master
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 3: Land Rover Discovery
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 307)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 307)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2015471501112 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.