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A23 crash in Crawley on 10 December 2017 at 10:15 involving a Toyota Yaris

A Toyota Yaris and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the A23 in Crawley at 10:15 on Sunday 10 December 2017. A 42-year-old female passenger in the BMW 1 Series and the 50-year-old male driver of the BMW 1 Series were 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
Slight
Date
10 Dec 2017
Sunday, 10:15
Vehicles
2
Toyota Yaris and BMW 1 Series
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.13213, longitude -0.18618, in the RH11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crawley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Langley Green & Tushmore, Crawley, RH10 9HA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Crawley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017471707197
Council area
Crawley
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
23
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 September 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Yaris

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    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
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,329 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    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
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 1 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 1 Series)

    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 2017471707197 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.