A264 crash in Crawley on 11 December 2018 at 17:21 involving a Toyota Aygo
A Toyota Aygo, a Ford Fiesta and a car were involved in a crash on the A264 in Crawley at 17:21 on Tuesday 11 December 2018. The 26-year-old female driver of the Toyota Aygo was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Dec 2018
- Tuesday, 17:21
- Vehicles
- 3
- Toyota Aygo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.09768, longitude -0.23207, in the RH11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crawley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Colgate & Rusper, Horsham, RH12 0BB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Crawley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018471806887
- 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
- 264
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 November 1979.
Slight
Car crash on the A264 in Horsham, 1 November 1979
2 m awayRef 197947NA90902
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A264 in Crawley, 7 June 2014
14 m awayRef 2014471403193
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A264 in Crawley, 21 December 2012
20 m awayRef 2012471206884
Slight
Car crash on the A264 in Crawley, 5 September 1988
22 m awayRef 198847NA80511
Slight
Van crash on the A264 in Horsham, 9 December 1997
29 m awayRef 199747NA70875
Slight
Toyota Celica crash on the A264 in Crawley, 14 February 1996
34 m awayRef 199647NA60086
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Aygo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Aygo)
- 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 2018471806887 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 2018.