Unclassified road crash in Horsham RH13 on 15 December 2018 at 21:43 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series crashed on an unclassified road in Horsham at 21:43 on Saturday 15 December 2018. The 42-year-old female driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Dec 2018
- Saturday, 21:43
- Vehicles
- 1
- BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.04739, longitude -0.36074, in the RH13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwater.
Map of where the crash happened in Horsham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018471806983
- Council area
- Horsham
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, 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, 72 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 October 1979.
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Horsham, 22 October 1979
72 m awayRef 197947NA90844
Slight
Renault Clio crash on a C road in Horsham, 9 July 2002
88 m awayRef 200247K151837
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on an unclassified road in Horsham, 16 January 2002
108 m awayRef 200247N146331
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on a C road in Horsham, 22 August 1996
110 m awayRef 199647NA60528
Slight
Toyota Starlet crash on an unclassified road in Horsham, 10 January 2016
236 m awayRef 2016471600156
Serious
Bicycle crash on a C road in Horsham, 1 July 1997
275 m awayRef 199747NA70420
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2018471806983 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.