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Serious A23 crash in Mid Sussex on 22 April 2017 at 22:59 involving a Mazda MX-5

A Mazda MX-5 crashed on the A23 in Mid Sussex at 22:59 on Saturday 22 April 2017. The 23-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Apr 2017
Saturday, 22:59
Vehicles
1
Mazda MX-5
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.00646, longitude -0.19787, in the RH17 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cuckfield, Bolney & Ansty, Mid Sussex, RH17 5RL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Sussex

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017471702212
Council area
Mid Sussex
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
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, street lights lit
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
98%
Estimated chance it was slight
2%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 February 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda MX-5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda MX-5)

    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 2017471702212 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 2017.