A2004 crash in Crawley on 8 November 2017 at 21:47 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Volkswagen Crafter van were involved in a crash on the A2004 in Crawley at 21:47 on Wednesday 8 November 2017. The 20-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and a 23-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Nov 2017
- Wednesday, 21:47
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Volkswagen Crafter
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.11305, longitude -0.18307, in the RH10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crawley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Three Bridges, Crawley, RH10 1SY area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017471706299
- Council area
- Crawley
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2004
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 2220
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 November 2016.
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the A2004 in Crawley, 4 November 2016
3 m awayRef 2016471606633
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A2004 in Crawley, 20 December 2018
4 m awayRef 2018471807109
Slight
Citroen C8 crash on the A2004 in Crawley, 15 January 2008
4 m awayRef 2008470800350
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A2004 in Crawley, 26 May 2006
4 m awayRef 2006470604281
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the A2004 in Crawley, 13 December 2004
4 m awayRef 200447K181991
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A2004 in Crawley, 4 January 2006
4 m awayRef 2006470600105
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bollard or refuge
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Crafter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2017471706299 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 2017.