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B2237 crash in Horsham on 21 December 2016 at 07:30 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and a car were involved in a crash on the B2237 in Horsham at 07:30 on Wednesday 21 December 2016. A 21-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Ford Focus was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Dec 2016
Wednesday, 07:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.06485, longitude -0.3304, in the RH12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Horsham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Denne, Horsham, RH12 1AF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Horsham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016471607698
Council area
Horsham
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2237
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 November 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    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
    81 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2016471607698 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 2016.