B2037 crash in Crawley on 8 December 2016 at 17:04 involving an Iveco lorry
An Iveco lorry and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the B2037 in Crawley at 17:04 on Thursday 8 December 2016. The 52-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Dec 2016
- Thursday, 17:04
- Vehicles
- 2
- Iveco and Nissan Micra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.14898, longitude -0.13913, in the RH6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pound Hill North & Forge Wood, Crawley, RH6 9SP area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016471607411
- Council area
- Crawley
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2037
- 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, no street lighting
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 December 2003.
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the B2037 in Crawley, 18 December 2003
2 m awayRef 200347K170253
Serious
Mini Cooper crash on the B2037 in Crawley, 24 May 2007
2 m awayRef 2007470704277
Slight
Car crash on the B2037 in Tandridge, 8 February 1988
2 m awayRef 198845ER00057
Slight
Aprilia crash on the B2037 in Crawley, 3 October 2001
2 m awayRef 200147N142573
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B2037 in Crawley, 27 March 1998
8 m awayRef 199847NA80197
Serious
Car crash on the B2037 in Tandridge, 24 March 1983
8 m awayRef 198345BD00095
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Iveco
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,920 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most 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 2016471607411 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 2016.