M23 crash in Crawley on 8 June 2019 at 12:50 involving a Peugeot 107
A Peugeot 107, a Toyota Prius and a Ford Kuga were involved in a crash on the M23 in Crawley at 12:50 on Saturday 8 June 2019. The 25-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 107 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Jun 2019
- Saturday, 12:50
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 107 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.15405, longitude -0.13596, in the RH6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pound Hill North & Forge Wood, Crawley, RH6 9ST area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Crawley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019470846102
- Council area
- Crawley
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 23
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 April 2025.
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the M23 in Crawley, 15 April 2025
14 m awayRef 2025471579356
Serious
Renault Espace crash on the M23 in Crawley, 30 December 2012
19 m awayRef 2012471206968
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the M23 in Crawley, 24 September 2006
25 m awayRef 2006470611121
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the M23 in Crawley, 6 October 2004
25 m awayRef 200447K179625
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the M23 in Crawley, 1 June 2015
33 m awayRef 2015471503023
Slight
Car crash on the M23 in Tandridge, 21 May 1983
34 m awayRef 198345BD00166
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 107
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Prius
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Kuga
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 107)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2019470846102 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 2019.