A2037 crash in Horsham on 15 June 2017 at 13:10 involving a Ford Transit van
A bus or coach and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the A2037 in Horsham at 13:10 on Thursday 15 June 2017. The 23-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Jun 2017
- Thursday, 13:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bus or coach and Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.9276, longitude -0.27253, in the BN5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Henfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Henfield, Horsham, BN5 9RW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Horsham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017471703284
- Council area
- Horsham
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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, 40 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 March 1999.
Slight
Lotus Elise crash on the A281 in Horsham, 20 March 1999
40 m awayRef 199947N002893
Slight
Car crash on the A281 in Horsham, 28 May 2003
40 m awayRef 200347K163691
Slight
Mercedes 400 crash on the A2037 in Horsham, 20 February 2000
40 m awayRef 200047N004453
Slight
Car crash on the A2037 in Horsham, 24 February 1984
41 m awayRef 198447MA40033
Slight
Saab 9-3 crash on the A2037 in Horsham, 28 July 2010
44 m awayRef 2010471005009
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A2037 in Horsham, 18 January 1998
44 m awayRef 199847NA80029
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2017471703284 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 2017.