Serious B2110 crash in Mid Sussex on 16 January 2016 at 01:08 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa, a Mitsubishi Shogun and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on the B2110 in Mid Sussex at 01:08 on Saturday 16 January 2016. The 29-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and a 30-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were seriously injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 16 Jan 2016
- Saturday, 01:08
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Corsa and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.05143, longitude -0.20738, in the RH17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Handcross. It is one of the crashes that make up the Handcross & Pease Pottage, Mid Sussex, RH17 6BU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Mid Sussex
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016471600321
- Council area
- Mid Sussex
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2110
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Dark, lighting unknown
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 6 August 2021.
Serious
Toyota Yaris crash on the B2110 in Mid Sussex, 6 August 2021
1 m awayRef 2021471074422
Slight
Lada Riva crash on the A279 in Mid Sussex, 21 April 1990
6 m awayRef 199047HA00163
Slight
Honda CRV crash on the B2110 in Mid Sussex, 26 October 2020
6 m awayRef 2020470993279
Serious
Car crash on the A279 in Mid Sussex, 24 September 1988
9 m awayRef 198847HA80615
Serious
Car crash on the A279 in Mid Sussex, 19 September 1980
9 m awayRef 198047NA00727
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B2110 in Mid Sussex, 8 November 2019
11 m awayRef 2019470896459
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mitsubishi Shogun
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Engine capacity
- 3,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
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 2016471600321 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Sussex road accident statistics for 2016.