A24 crash in Horsham on 7 May 2015 at 12:26 involving a Mini One
A Mini One and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A24 in Horsham at 12:26 on Thursday 7 May 2015. The 86-year-old female driver of the Mini One, the 33-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo and an 11-year-old female passenger in the Ford Mondeo were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 May 2015
- Thursday, 12:26
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mini One and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.95706, longitude -0.35974, in the RH13 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Horsham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015471502504
- 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
- 24
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 September 2000.
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A24 in Horsham, 17 September 2000
5 m awayRef 200047N131637
Slight
Vauxhall Monterey crash on the A24 in Horsham, 19 December 2001
5 m awayRef 200147N145674
Fatal
Rover Metro crash on the A24 in Horsham, 8 November 1998
5 m awayRef 199847N001496
Serious
Rover 600 Series crash on the A24 in Horsham, 10 June 2000
5 m awayRef 200047N009382
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A24 in Horsham, 18 June 1994
5 m awayRef 199447NA40319
Fatal
Austin Mini crash on the A24 in Horsham, 12 July 2002
10 m awayRef 200247K151950
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mini One
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 86 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 86, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mini One)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
- 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 2015471502504 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 2015.