A24 crash in Horsham on 29 November 2018 at 08:37 involving a BMW M2
A car and a BMW M2 were involved in a crash on the A24 in Horsham at 08:37 on Thursday 29 November 2018. The 33-year-old male driver of the car and the 46-year-old female driver of the BMW M2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Nov 2018
- Thursday, 08:37
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and BMW M2
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.09567, longitude -0.34178, in the RH12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Itchingfield, Slinfold & Warnham, Horsham, RH12 3QQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Horsham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018471806584
- Council area
- Horsham
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 24
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Unclassified
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
- Special conditions at the site
- Oil or diesel
- Carriageway hazards
- Oil or diesel
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 17 October 2016.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A24 in Horsham, 17 October 2016
4 m awayRef 2016471606229
Slight
Renault 19 crash on the A24 in Horsham, 31 December 1990
14 m awayRef 199047NA00734
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A24 in Horsham, 6 June 1990
14 m awayRef 199047NA00332
Slight
Car crash on the A24 in Horsham, 26 December 1989
14 m awayRef 198947NA90786
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A24 in Horsham, 28 May 2004
14 m awayRef 200447K176017
Slight
Lorry crash on the A24 in Horsham, 23 March 1987
15 m awayRef 198747NA70143
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW M2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,979 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW M2)
- 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 2018471806584 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 2018.