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Serious A272 crash in Mid Sussex on 12 May 2017 at 08:20 involving a Volkswagen Golf

Four vehicles, including a Volkswagen Golf and a Ford KA, were involved in a crash on the A272 in Mid Sussex at 08:20 on Friday 12 May 2017. The 23-year-old female driver of the Ford KA was seriously injured and the 46-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Touran was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 May 2017
Friday, 08:20
Vehicles
4
Volkswagen Golf and 3 others
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.98771, longitude -0.20076, in the RH17 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cuckfield, Bolney & Ansty, Mid Sussex, RH17 5RA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Sussex

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017471702588
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
272
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 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
A
Second road number
23

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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
97%
Estimated chance it was slight
3%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 February 2021.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    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
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Ford KA

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Touran

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Vehicle 4: BMW X1

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)

    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Touran)

    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2017471702588 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.